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.
CIDS
Noun
CIDs
plural of CID
Anagrams
• CDIs, DCIS, DCIs, Disc., SCID, disc, disc.
Source: Wiktionary
CID
Cid, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. Ar. seid lord.]
1. Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.
2. An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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