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.
PETARS
Noun
petars
plural of petar
Anagrams
• Paster, Pearts, paster, paters, prates, pretas, repast, repats, retaps, tapers, trapes, treaps
Source: Wiktionary
PETAR
Pe*tar", n.
Definition: See Petard. [Obs.] "Hoist with his own petar." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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