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.
MIMER
mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist
(noun) an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mimer (plural mimers)
Someone who mimes during a performance of a song
Source: Wiktionary
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GRADUAL
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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