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.
palimpsests
plural of palimpsest
palimpsests
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palimpsest
• past simples, simple pasts
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"imp*sest, n. Etym: [L. palimpsestus, Gr. palimpseste.]
Definition: A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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.