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.
HOLBEIN
Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Elder
(noun) German painter of religious works (1465-1524)
Holbein, Hans Holbein, Holbein the Younger
(noun) German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king’s prospective brides (1497-1543)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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