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.
CARTELS
Noun
cartels
plural of cartel
Anagrams
• Clarets, Scarlet, arclets, castler, castrel, clarets, crestal, lacerts, rectals, scarlet
Source: Wiktionary
CARTEL
Car*tel", n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm.
2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
Car"tel, v. t.
Definition: To defy or challenge. [Obs.] You shall cartel him. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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