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.
MOTHERHOUSE
Etymology
Noun
motherhouse (plural motherhouses)
The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order or congregation, and/or on which lower ranking houses (such as priories under an abbot) depend.
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