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.
REACTIONARIES
Noun
reactionaries
plural of reactionary
Source: Wiktionary
REACTIONARY
Re*ac"tion*a*ry, a.
Definition: Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
Re*ac"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Reactionaries (.
Definition: One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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