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.
EXARCHATE
eparchy, exarchate
(noun) a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
exarchate (plural exarchates)
(historical) the province or area of an exarch
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ar"chate, n. Etym: [LL. exarchatus, fr. L. exarchus: cf. F. exarchat.]
Definition: The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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