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.
passager (plural passagers)
(falconry) A bird in its first year
• Passarge, grass pea, grass-pea, grasspea
Source: Wiktionary
Pas"sa*ger, n. Etym: [See Passenger.]
Definition: A passenger; a bird or boat of passage. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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.