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.
ASSISTANTS
Noun
assistants
plural of assistant
Source: Wiktionary
ASSISTANT
As*sist"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.]
1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other. Beattie.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]
Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow.
As*sist"ant, n.
1. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. Four assistants who his labor share. Pope. Rhymes merely as assistants to memory. Mrs. Chapone.
2. An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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