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.
ENTREPOT
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store
(noun) a depository for goods; “storehouses were built close to the docks”
entrepot, transshipment center
(noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties; “Bahrain has been an entrepot of trade between Arabia and India since the second millennium BC”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
entrepot (plural entrepots)
Alternative spelling of entrepĂ´t
Source: Wiktionary
En`tre*pĂ´t", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepĂ´t for shipping goods in transit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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