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.
MAROR
Etymology
Noun
maror (uncountable)
(Judaism) A bitter vegetable, such as horseradish or Romaine lettuce, eaten at the Passover seder as a reminder of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.
Synonyms
• (bitter vegetable): bitter herbs
Coordinate terms
• chazeret
Anagrams
• Armor, Marro, Morar, Morra, armor, morra
Source: Wiktionary
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