Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ARRONDISSEMENT
Etymology
Noun
arrondissement (plural arrondissements)
An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
(Canada) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
Source: Wiktionary
Ar`ron`disse`ment", n. Etym: [F., fr. arrondir to make round; ad + rond round, L. rotundus.]
Definition: A subdivision of a department. [France]
Note: The territory of France, since the revolution, has been divided into departments, those into arrondissements, those into cantons, and the latter into communes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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