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.
RANTER
ranter, raver
(noun) someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ranter (plural ranters)
One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.
(obsolete) A jovial fellow.
Anagrams
• Ratner, Terran, errant, terran
Noun
Ranter (plural Ranters)
(religion, historical) A member of an alleged sect in the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established church.
(religion, historical, derogatory) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervour and zeal.
Anagrams
• Ratner, Terran, errant, terran
Source: Wiktionary
Rant"er, n.
1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker. (b) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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