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.
CAROLUS
Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles I, Charles the Great
(noun) king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Carolus (plural Caroluses)
(historical) An old English gold coin, worth 20 (or later 23) shillings.
Anagrams
• Lacours, oculars, oscular
Source: Wiktionary
Car"o*lus, n.; pl. E. Caroluses, L. Caroli. Etym: [L., Charles.]
Definition: An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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