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.
NATRON
Etymology
Noun
natron (uncountable)
(mineral) A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na2CO3·10H2O.
Anagrams
• nonart, nonrat
Source: Wiktionary
Na"tron, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. natron, Ar. natrun, nitrun. Cf. Niter, Anatron.] (Min.)
Definition: Native sodium carbonate. [Written also anatron.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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