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.
MATESHIP
Etymology
Noun
mateship (usually uncountable, plural mateships)
(countable and uncountable, nautical) The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
(countable, whaling, obsolete) A type of contract between ships to cooperate and share the proceeds of an expedition.
(uncountable) Fellowship; companionship.
(uncountable, Australia, NZ) Friendship, particularly between men, such as develops in shared adversity; solidarity.
(countable, zoology, psychology, anthropology) A relationship based on mating.
Anagrams
• aphetism, shipmate, teamship
Source: Wiktionary
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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