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.
PANTLER
Etymology
Noun
pantler (plural pantlers)
(obsolete) The servant in charge of the bread and the pantry in a great house.
Anagrams
• planter, replant
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"tler, n. Etym: [F. panetier. See Panter, Pantry.]
Definition: The servant or officer, in a great family, who has charge of the bread and the pantry. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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