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.
MATER
mater
(noun) an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
mater (plural maters or matres)
(British slang, now, chiefly, archaic or humorous) Mother.
(anatomy) A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.
Etymology 2
Noun
mater (plural maters)
(biology) Someone or something that mates.
Etymology 3
Noun
mater (plural maters)
Alternative form of 'mater (“tomato”)
Anagrams
• METAR, armet, metra, ramet, tamer, terma, trema, trĂ©ma
Source: Wiktionary
Ma"ter, n. Etym: [L., mother. See Mother.]
Definition: See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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