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.
DIADEMS
Noun
diadems
plural of diadem
Verb
diadems
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diadem
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Source: Wiktionary
DIADEM
Di"a*dem, n. Etym: [F. diadème, L. diadema, fr. Gr. da to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.
2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
3. (Her.)
Definition: An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center. Diadem lemur. (Zoöl.) See Indri.
– Diadem spider (Zoöl.), the garden spider.
Di"a*dem, v. t.
Definition: To adorn with a diadem; to crown. Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine. Pope. To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. R. H. Neale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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