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.
JACOBITE
Jacobite
(noun) a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Jac"o*bite, n. Etym: [L. Jacobus James: cf. F. Jacobite. See 2d Jack.]
1. (Eng. Hist.)
Definition: A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary. Macaulay.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradæus, its leader in the sixth century.
Jac"o*bite, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Jacobites.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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