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.
RECESSIONALS
Noun
recessionals
plural of recessional
Source: Wiktionary
RECESSIONAL
Re*ces"sion*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal. Recessional hymn, a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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