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.
SCERNE
Verb
scerne (third-person singular simple present scernes, present participle scerning, simple past and past participle scerned)
(obsolete) To discern.
Anagrams
• Screen, censer, scener, screen, secern
Source: Wiktionary
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SUCCESS
(noun) an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; “let’s call heads a success and tails a failure”; “the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs”
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