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.
Moate, v. i. Etym: [See Mute to molt.]
Definition: To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 October 2024
(adjective) serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; “a crown is emblematic of royalty”; “the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish”
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.