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.
BYCOKET
Etymology
Noun
bycoket (plural bycokets)
(historical) A type of ancient cap or headdress, worn by military men and also ornamentally by men and women, including by the kings of England. The upper part was in the form of a double crown.
Anagrams
• bockety
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