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.
PARUSIA
Pa*ru"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future, as in the animated narration of past, or in the prediction of future, events.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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