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.
CUPBEARER
cupbearer
(noun) the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman’s household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cupbearer (plural cupbearers)
(chiefly, historical) One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.
Synonym: cupper (obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary
Cup"bear`er (-br`r), n.
1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an enterainment.
2. (Antiq.)
Definition: One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." Neh. i. 11.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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