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.
FRANCHISER
Etymology
Noun
franchiser (plural franchisers)
A franchisor, a company which or person who grants franchises.
(rare) A person who has the right to vote.
Source: Wiktionary
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CONNECTION
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
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