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.
DORIAN
Dorian
(adjective) of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture
Dorian
(noun) the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC
Dorian
(noun) a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Do"ri*an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: Same as Doric, 3. "Dorian mood." Milton. Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. Grove.
Do"ri*an, n.
Definition: A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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