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.
LINGAS
Noun
lingas
plural of linga
Anagrams
• Saling, algins, aligns, lasing, liangs, signal
Source: Wiktionary
LINGA
Lin"ga, Lin"gam, n. Etym: [Skr. linga.]
Definition: The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power. Whitworth. E. Arnold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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