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.
REGULA
Proper noun
Regula (plural Regulas)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Regula is the 26853rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 905 individuals. Regula is most common among White (96.24%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
regula (plural regulae)
a book of rules for a religious establishment
(architecture) one of the bands under a Doric triglyph or between the canals of the triglyphs
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(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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