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.
BENEDICTUS
Etymology
Noun
Benedictus (plural Benedictuses)
(music) Either of two canticles that begin with the Latin word benedictus.
(music) The music that accompanies these canticles.
Source: Wiktionary
Ben`e*dic"tus, n. Etym: [L., blessed. See Benedict, a.]
Definition: The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
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