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.
OPPIDANS
Noun
oppidans
plural of oppidan
Source: Wiktionary
OPPIDAN
Op"pi*dan, a. Etym: [L. oppidanus, fr. oppidum town.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a town. Howell.
Op"pi*dan, n.
1. An inhabitant of a town.
2. A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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