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.
CONTRAHENT
Etymology
Adjective
contrahent (not comparable)
(obsolete) Entering into covenant; contracting.
Noun
contrahent (plural contrahents)
One of the parties entering into a contract.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"tra*hent, a. Etym: [L. contrahens, p.pr. See Contract.]
Definition: Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [Obs.] Mede.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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