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.
OBLIGOR
Etymology
Noun
obligor (plural obligors)
(legal, finance) The party bearing a legal obligation to another party (the obligee).
Coordinate terms
• obligee
Source: Wiktionary
Ob`li*gor", n.
Definition: The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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