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.
QUINTUPLICATE
Etymology
Adjective
quintuplicate (not comparable)
Multiplied by five.
Being the fifth in a set of five.
Noun
quintuplicate (plural quintuplicates)
A set of five similar or identical things.
One element of such a set.
Verb
quintuplicate (third-person singular simple present quintuplicates, present participle quintuplicating, simple past and past participle quintuplicated)
(transitive) To multiply by five.
(transitive) To make five copies of.
Source: Wiktionary
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