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.
NINESCORE
Etymology
Numeral
ninescore
(archaic) One hundred and eighty.
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Source: Wiktionary
Nine"score`, a.
Definition: Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty.
– n.
Definition: The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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