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.
INFIRMARIAN
Noun
infirmarian (plural infirmarians)
One who works in a nunnery or monastery, caring for the nuns who became ill, as well as caring for other old and sick people living in the nunnery.
The superintendant of an infirmary within a college or other institution.
Source: Wiktionary
In`fir*ma"ri*an, n.
Definition: A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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