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.
DUUMVIRATES
Noun
duumvirates
plural of duumvirate
Source: Wiktionary
DUUMVIRATE
Du*um"vi*rate, n. Etym: [L. duumviratus, fr. duumvir.]
Definition: The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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