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.
GALLATES
Noun
gallates
plural of gallate
Anagrams
• Steagall, stallage, tallages
Source: Wiktionary
GALLATE
Gal"late, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gallate. See Gall gallnut.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of gallic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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