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.
PATTES
Noun
pattes
plural of patte
Anagrams
• aptest, pet sat, pet-sat, petsat, tapets
Source: Wiktionary
PATTE
Pat`té", Pat*tee", a. Etym: [F. patté, fem. pattée, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf. Patten.] (Her.)
Definition: Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross. [Written also paté, patee.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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