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.
RETRIAL
retrial
(noun) a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
retrial (plural retrials)
(legal) A second trial, by the original court, if the original trial was found to be improper or unfair
Anagrams
• retiral, trailer
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tri"al, n.
Definition: A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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