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.
LECTURER
lector, lecturer, reader
(noun) a public lecturer at certain universities
lecturer
(noun) someone who lectures professionally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lecturer (plural lecturers)
A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader.
(dated) A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings.
Source: Wiktionary
Lec"tur*er, n.
Definition: One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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