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.
KIVA
Etymology
Noun
kiva (plural kivas)
A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.
Anagrams
• Vaik, vika
Source: Wiktionary
Ki"va, n. [Hopi name, sacred chamber.]
Definition: A large chamber built under, or in, the houses of a Pueblo village, used as an assembly room in religious rites or as a men's dormitory. It is commonly lighted and entered from an opening in the roof.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
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