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.
REFORMADO
Etymology
Noun
reformado (plural reformados or reformadoes)
A monk of a reformed order.
A disgraced officer who is deprived of command, but retains rank and sometimes pay.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Ref`or*ma"do (-m"d), n. Etym: [Sp., fr. reformar, L. reformare. SEe Reform, v. t.]
1. A monk of a reformed order. [Obs.] Weever.
2. An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
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