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.
LEADERENE
Etymology
Noun
leaderene (plural leaderenes)
(UK) A female leader (especially an autocratic one)
Usage notes
• Used especially to refer to Margaret Thatcher
Source: Wiktionary
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REDEMPTIVE
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