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.
MESOCRATIC
Etymology
Adjective
mesocratic (not comparable)
Relating to mesocracy, or rule by the middle class.
(mineralogy) Neither leucocratic nor melanocratic; having a more or less even mixture of light and dark constituents.
Anagrams
• comatrices, costameric
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BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
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