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.
LEVIATHAN
leviathan
(noun) monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
leviathan
(noun) the largest or most massive thing of its kind; “it was a leviathan among redwoods”; “they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
leviathan (not comparable)
Very large; gargantuan.
Noun
leviathan (plural leviathans)
(Bible) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.
Something large; behemoth.
Source: Wiktionary
Le*vi"a*than, n. Etym: [Heb. livyathan.]
1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned on other passages of Scripture.
Note: It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.
2. The whale, or a great whale. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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