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.
IROQUOIS
Iroquoian, Iroquois, Iroquoian language
(noun) a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois
Iroquois
(noun) any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ir`o*quois", n. sing. & pl. Etym: [F.] (Ethnol.)
Definition: A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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