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.
PANDECTIST
Etymology
Adjective
pandectist (comparative more pandectist, superlative most pandectist)
Pertaining to the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
Pertaining to the German adaptation of Roman law in the early sixteenth century.
Noun
pandectist (plural pandectists)
An expert on the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
A proponent or developer of a complete code of laws of a country, especially of the German pandestic law.
Source: Wiktionary
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