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.
GORMANDIZERS
Noun
gormandizers
plural of gormandizer
Source: Wiktionary
GORMANDIZER
Gor"mand*i`zer, n.
Definition: A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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