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.
NUMERALS
Noun
numerals
plural of numeral
Anagrams
• mensural
Source: Wiktionary
NUMERAL
Nu"mer*al, a. Etym: [L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf. F. numéral. See Number, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals. A long train of numeral progressions. Locke.
2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.
Nu"mer*al, n.
1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.
2. A word expressing a number.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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