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.
BATISTE
batiste
(noun) a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
batiste (countable and uncountable, plural batistes)
A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
Anagrams
• baitest, batties, beats it, bistate
Proper noun
Batiste (plural Batistes)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Batiste is the 5253rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6640 individuals. Batiste is most common among Black/African American (87.91%) individuals.
Anagrams
• baitest, batties, beats it, bistate
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*tiste", n. Etym: [F. batiste, from the name of the alleged first maker, Baptiste of Cambrai. Littré.]
Definition: Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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