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.
MEL
Etymology
Noun
mel (plural mels)
(psychoacoustics) A common scale of pitches that are perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another, or one unit on that scale.
Anagrams
• EML, L.E.M., LEM, Lem, MLE, elm
Proper noun
Mel
Short form of female given names such as Melanie, Melinda, Melissa, Melina, Melody and Carmel.
Short form of the male given names Melvin and Melvyn.
Anagrams
• EML, L.E.M., LEM, Lem, MLE, elm
Source: Wiktionary
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