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.
EPSOMITES
Noun
epsomites
plural of epsomite
Anagrams
• epistomes, spitesome
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EPSOMITE
Ep"som*ite, n.
Definition: Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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