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.
IMMIGRANTS
Noun
immigrants
plural of immigrant
Source: Wiktionary
IMMIGRANT
Im"mi*grant, n. Etym: [L. immigrans, p. pr. of immigrare to go into: cf. F. immigrant. See Immigrate.]
Definition: One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.
Syn.
– See Emigrant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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