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.
ERMELINS
Noun
ermelins
plural of ermelin
Source: Wiktionary
ERMELIN
Er"me*lin, Er"mi*lin, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Ermine. Shenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACK
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”
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