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.
DITS
Noun
dits
plural of dit
Anagrams
• Dist., IDST, IDTS, IDTs, STID, TIDS, TIDs, dist, dist.
Source: Wiktionary
DIT
Dit, n. Etym: [Ditty.]
1. A word; a decree. [Obs.]
2. A ditty; a song. [Obs.]
Dit, v. t. Etym: [AS. dyttan, akin to Icel. ditta.]
Definition: To close up. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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