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.
RIBAND
riband, ribband
(noun) a ribbon used as a decoration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
riband (countable and uncountable, plural ribands)
Archaic form of ribbon.
(heraldiccharge) A narrow diminutive of the bend, thinner than a bendlet.
Anagrams
• Bardin, Brandi, Briand
Source: Wiktionary
Rib"and, n.
Definition: See Ribbon. Riband jasper (Min.), a variety of jasper having stripes of different colors, as red and green.
Rib"and, n. (Naut.)
Definition: See Rib-band. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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