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.
HOPEFULS
Noun
hopefuls
plural of hopeful
Source: Wiktionary
HOPEFUL
Hope"ful, a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker.
2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "Hopeful scholars." Addison.
– Hope"ful*ly, adv.
– Hope"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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