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.
BREVIER
Etymology
Noun
brevier (uncountable)
(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.
Synonyms
• (French contexts): small text
• (French and German contexts): petit
Source: Wiktionary
Bre*vier", n. Etym: [Prob. from being originally used in printing a breviary. See Breviary.] (Print.)
Definition: A size of type between bourgeous and minion.
Note: This line is printed in brevier type.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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