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.
LITERS
Noun
liters
plural of liter
Anagrams
• Lister, Sitler, lister, litres, relist, tilers, triels
Source: Wiktionary
LITER
Li"ter, Li"tre, n. Etym: [F. litre, Gr.
Definition: A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.
LITE
Lite, a., adv., & n.
Definition: Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.
-lith, -lite.
Definition: Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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