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.
CAZIQUES
Noun
caziques
plural of cazique; an alternative spelling of cacique
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CAZIQUE
Ca*zique", Cazic", n. Etym: [Sp. Cacique, fr. the language of Hayti.]
Definition: A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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