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.
BOMA
Etymology
Noun
boma (plural bomas)
An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
A hide.
A hut.
(East African) A military or police post or magistracy.
A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
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A method of composting.
Anagrams
• MOAB, MOBA, Mabo, Moab, ambo, moAb
Source: Wiktionary
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