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.
CZECH
Czech, Czechoslovakian
(adjective) of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language; “The Czech border”; “Czechoslovak nationalists”; “The Czechoslovakian population”
Czech
(noun) the Slavic language of Czechs
Czechoslovakian, Czechoslovak, Czech
(noun) a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia
Czech
(noun) a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Czech (chk; 204), n.
1. One of the Czechs.
2. The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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