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.
CHEREMIS
Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari
(noun) the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis
Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari
(noun) a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
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