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.
COEQUALS
Noun
coequals
plural of coequal
Source: Wiktionary
COEQUAL
Co*e"qual, a. Etym: [L. coaequalis; co- + aequalis equal.]
Definition: Being on an equality in rank or power.
– n.
Definition: One who is on an equality with another. In once he come to be a cardinal, He'll make his cap coequal with the crown. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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