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.
BANDROL
Noun
bandrol (plural bandrols)
Alternative form of banderole
Anagrams
• Borland
Source: Wiktionary
Band"e*role, Band"rol, n. Etym: [F. banderole, dim. of bandière, bannière, banner; cf. It. banderuola a little banner. See Banner.]
Definition: A little banner, flag, or streamer. [Written also bannerol.] From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott.
Band"rol, n.
Definition: Same as Banderole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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