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.
GILGAMESH
Gilgamesh
(noun) a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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SOLICITOUSLY
(adverb) in a concerned and solicitous manner; “‘Don’t you feel well?’ his mother asked solicitously”
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