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.
CELESTINES
Noun
celestines
plural of celestine
Noun
Celestines
plural of Celestine
Source: Wiktionary
CELESTINE
Cel"es*tine, Cel"es*tite,, n. Etym: [LL. caelestinus bine.] (Min.)
Definition: Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.
Cel"es*tine, Cel`es*tin"i*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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