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.
BOLUSES
Noun
boluses
plural of bolus
Anagrams
• besouls, blouses
Source: Wiktionary
BOLUS
Bo"lus, n.; pl. Boluses. Etym: [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. lump of earth. See Bole, n., clay.]
Definition: A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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