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.
GHEE
ghee
(noun) clarified butter used in Indian cookery
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ghee (usually uncountable, plural ghees)
A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
(South Asia) Vegetable oil for cooking.
Proper noun
Ghee (plural Ghees)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ghee is the 20434th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1300 individuals. Ghee is most common among Black/African American (66.92%) and White (28.08%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Ghee, n. Etym: [Hind. ghi clarified butter, Skr. gh.]
Definition: Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [India] Malcom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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