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.
SAXE
Saxony, Sachsen, Saxe
(noun) an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons
Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe
(noun) a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
Saxe (uncountable)
(photography, historical) A German albumenized paper used in photography.
Anagrams
• Seax, axes, seax, sexa-
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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