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.
pleaders
plural of pleader
• pedalers, relapsed, repleads
Source: Wiktionary
Plead"er, n. Etym: [F. plaideur.]
1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.
2. (Law)
Definition: One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
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.