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.
SAXTUBA
Etymology
Noun
saxtuba (plural saxtubas)
An obsolete valved brasswind instrument inspired by the Ancient Roman cornu and tuba.
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• subtaxa
Source: Wiktionary
Sax"-tu`ba, n. Etym: [See Saxhorn, and Tube.] (Mus.)
Definition: A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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