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.
RECIDIVISTS
Noun
recidivists
plural of recidivist
Source: Wiktionary
RECIDIVIST
Re*cid"i*vist, n.
Definition: One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal. -- Re*cid`i*vis"tic (#), a.
The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him, his crime is a solitary event in his life. Havelock Ellis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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