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.
LOCUPLETE
Etymology
Adjective
locuplete (comparative more locuplete, superlative most locuplete)
Possessing wealth; rich.
Having an abundance of something; plentiful.
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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