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.
HELICON
helicon, bombardon
(noun) a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Helicon
A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.
Anagrams
• Nichole, choline
Etymology
Noun
helicon (plural helicons)
(musical instrument) A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.
Coordinate terms: sousaphone, tuba
(physics) A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.
Anagrams
• Nichole, choline
Source: Wiktionary
Hel"i*con, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Definition: A mountain in Boeotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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