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.
PREDICANTS
Noun
predicants
plural of predicant
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PREDICANT
Pred"i*cant, a. Etym: [L. praedicans, -antis, p. pr. of praedicare. See Predicate.]
Definition: Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching. "The Roman predicant orders." N. Brit. Rev.
Pred"i*cant, n.
Definition: One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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