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.
Ce*ro"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestles were anointed among the ancient Romans.
2. (Anc. Arch.)
Definition: That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The cere of birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
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.