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.
MAULVI
Etymology
Noun
maulvi (plural maulvis)
An imam; a Muslim doctor of law.
(loosely, chiefly, South Asia) Any man of learning; a scholar, a teacher of Classical languages.
Anagrams
• Valium
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