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.
MOVIE
movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
(noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; “they went to a movie every Saturday night”; “the film was shot on location”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
movie (plural movies)
(chiefly, North American) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.
(usually, plural, chiefly, North American) A cinema.
Synonyms
• (film): film, motion picture, motion-picture show; photoplay; picture, picture show; flick; moving picture, moving-picture show
Hyponyms
• (film): feature, feature film, short, documentary, art film
Anagrams
• Vimeo
Source: Wiktionary
Mov"ie, n.
Definition: A moving picture or a moving picture show; -- commonly used in pl. [Slang or Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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