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.
DISMISSALS
Noun
dismissals
plural of dismissal
Source: Wiktionary
DISMISSAL
Dis*miss"al, n.
Definition: Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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