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.
CENTIARES
Noun
centiares
plural of centiare
Anagrams
• ancestrie, cisternae, creatines, increates, intercase, nectaries
Source: Wiktionary
CENTIARE
Cen"ti*are`, n. Etym: [F. See Centare.]
Definition: See centare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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