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.
BC
BC, B.C., before Christ
(adverb) before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born; “in 200 BC”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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