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.
ROCHETS
Noun
rochets
plural of rochet
Anagrams
• Troches, hectors, orchets, rotches, scoreth, tochers, torches, troches
Source: Wiktionary
ROCHET
Roch"et, n. Etym: [F., dim. fr. OHG. rocch coat, G. rock.]
1. (Eccl.)
Definition: A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies. They see no difference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet. Burke.
2. A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Roch"et, n. Etym: [Probably corrupted fr. F. rouget the red gurnet, from rouge red. CF. Rouge.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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