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.
CASEMENT
casement
(noun) a window sash that is hinged (usually on one side)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
casement (plural casements)
A window sash that is hinged on the side.
A window having such sashes; a casement window.Wp
(military) Occasionally seen as a usage error due to the similarity of the words: A casemate.
Hyponyms
• (window): French casement
Anagrams
• can't seem, cæments, menacest
Source: Wiktionary
Case"ment, n. Etym: [Shortened fr. encasement. See Incase 1st Case, and cf. Incasement.] (Arch.)
Definition: A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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