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.
SEARCHLIGHT
searchlight
(noun) a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
searchlight (plural searchlights)
A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use.
The light from the above source.
Hypernyms
• light
Verb
searchlight (third-person singular simple present searchlights, present participle searchlighting, simple past and past participle searchlighted)
(transitive) To scan or sweep across like a searchlight.
Proper noun
Searchlight
A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Search"light`, n. (a) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about. (b) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SECURE
(adjective) free from danger or risk; “secure from harm”; “his fortune was secure”; “made a secure place for himself in his field”
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