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.
CHUDDAR
chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar
(noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
chuddar (plural chuddars)
Alternative spelling of chador
Source: Wiktionary
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