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.
MAZERS
Proper noun
Mazers
plural of Mazer
Anagrams
• Marzes, Mrazes, marzes
Noun
mazers
plural of mazer
Anagrams
• Marzes, Mrazes, marzes
Source: Wiktionary
MAZER
Maz"er, n. Etym: [OE. maser, akin to OD. maser an excrescence on a maple tree, OHG. masar, G. maser spot, Icel. mösurr maple.]
Definition: A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.] Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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