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.
OMERTA
omerta
(noun) a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
omerta (countable and uncountable, plural omertas)
Alternative spelling of omertà
Anagrams
• Moreta, Teramo, amoret, morate
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