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.
CELESTE
Proper noun
Celeste
A female given name from Latin borrowed from French CĂ©leste, ultimately Latin caelestis "heavenly".
A city in Texas.
Etymology
Noun
celeste (plural celestes)
(musical instrument) Alternative form of celesta, a musical instrument.
(music) An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an undulating sound.
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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