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.
GENRES
Noun
genres
plural of genre
Anagrams
• Egners, Gerens, Greens, Senger, greens, negers, regens
Source: Wiktionary
GENRE
Genre, n. Etym: [F. See Gender.] (Fine Arts)
Definition: A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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