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.
POTAGER
Etymology
Noun
potager (plural potagers)
A kitchen garden; sometimes used attributively.
(obsolete) A porringer.
Anagrams
• Portage, portage, top gear
Source: Wiktionary
Pot"a*ger, n. Etym: [F. fr. potage soup, porridge. See Pottage.]
Definition: A porringer. [Obs.] Grew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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