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.
RERISE
Etymology
Verb
rerise (third-person singular simple present rerises, present participle rerising, simple past rerose, past participle rerisen)
To rise again.
Anagrams
• Rieser, sirree
Source: Wiktionary
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