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.
HESPERIDS
Noun
Hesperids
plural of Hesperid
Anagrams
• shred pies, spherised
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HESPERID
Hes"per*id, a. & n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as 3d Hesperian.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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