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.
CONTENDENT
Etymology
Noun
contendent (plural contendents)
(obsolete) An antagonist; a contestant.
• L'Estrange
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tend"ent, n. Etym: [L. contendens, p.pr.]
Definition: n antagonist; a contestant. [Obs.] In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have been still made a prey to the third party. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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