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.
PARCHMENT
parchment, sheepskin, lambskin
(noun) skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
parchment
(noun) a superior paper resembling sheepskin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Parchment (plural Parchments)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Parchment is the 23604th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1075 individuals. Parchment is most common among Black/African American (77.21%) and White (12.65%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
parchment (countable and uncountable, plural parchments)
Material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
Synonyms: bookfell, membrane, vellum
A document made on such material.
A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
Stiff paper imitating that material.
Synonyms: vegetal parchment, parchment paper, wax paper
The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.
Source: Wiktionary
Parch"ment, n. Etym: [OE. parchemin, perchemin, F. parchemin, LL. pergamenum, L. pergamena, pergamina, fr. L. Pergamenus of or belonging to Pergamus an ancient city of Mysia in Asia Minor, where parchment was first used.]
1. The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum. But here's a parchment with the seal of Cæsar. Shak.
2. The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp. Parchment paper. See Papyrine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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