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.
CASCADES
Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains
(noun) a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
the Cascades
synonym of Cascade Range
Anagrams
• saccades
Noun
cascades
plural of cascade
Verb
cascades
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cascade
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• saccades
Source: Wiktionary
CASCADE
Cas*cade", n. Etym: [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.]
Definition: A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow. Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.
Cas*cade", v. i.
1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell.
2. To vomit. [Slang] Smollett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIBERTY
(noun) freedom of choice; “liberty of opinion”; “liberty of worship”; “liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases”; “at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes”
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