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.
RABBINATE
rabbinate
(noun) the office or function of a rabbi
rabbinate
(noun) rabbis collectively
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)
The office or function of a rabbi
Rabbis collectively
Anagrams
• Barnabite
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
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