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.
DORADOS
Noun
dorados
plural of dorado
Source: Wiktionary
DORADO
Do*ra"do, n. Etym: [Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado.]
1. (Astron.)
Definition: A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphæna.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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