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.
COUNTRYMAN
countryman
(noun) a man from your own country
countryman, ruralist
(noun) a man who lives in the country and has country ways
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Countryman (plural Countrymans)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Countryman is the 7977th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4144 individuals. Countryman is most common among White (88.18%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
countryman
Somebody from a certain country.
Somebody from one's own country; a fellow countryman; compatriot.
A country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits.
(Irish, traveller) A settled person, as opposed to a traveller.
Source: Wiktionary
Coun"try*man (kn"tr-man), n.; pl. Countrymen (-men).
1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak.
2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun. In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26.
3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer. A simple countryman that brought her figs. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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