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.
RIPIENI
Noun
ripieni
plural of ripieno
Source: Wiktionary
RIPIENO
Ri*pi*e"no, a. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Definition: Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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