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.
CANTORIS
Etymology
Adjective
cantoris (not comparable)
Of the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the cantor's (later precentor's) stall is placed (the left hand side to a person facing the altar);
Anagrams
• C-rations, Cortinas, Crisanto, Nicastro, Nicotras, anticors, carotins, cast iron, cast-iron, castiron, castorin, conistra, nicators, tricosan-
Source: Wiktionary
Can*to"ris, a. Etym: [L., lit., of the cantor, gen. of cantor.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall. Shipley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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