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.
IDOLATERS
Noun
idolaters
plural of idolater
Anagrams
• estradiol, idolastre, steroidal
Source: Wiktionary
IDOLATER
I*dol"a*ter, n. Etym: [F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. Idolatry.]
1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.
2. An adorer; a great admirer. Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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