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.
PASSADO
lunge, straight thrust, passado
(noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
passado (plural passados or passadoes)
Alternative form of passade
Anagrams
• Posadas, posadas
Source: Wiktionary
Pas*sade", Pas*sa"do, n. Etym: [F. passade; cf. Sp. pasada. See Pass, v. i.]
1. (Fencing)
Definition: A pass or thrust. Shak.
2. (Man.)
Definition: A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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