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.
EALDORMAN
Etymology
Noun
ealdorman (plural ealdormen)
(historical) The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
Source: Wiktionary
Eal"der*man, Eal"dor*man, n.
Definition: An alderman. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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