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.
SEPTICS
Noun
Septics
plural of Septic
Anagrams
• cess-pit, cesspit, specist
Noun
septics
plural of septic
Anagrams
• cess-pit, cesspit, specist
Source: Wiktionary
SEPTIC
Sep"tic, a. Etym: [Septi- + -ic.] (Math.)
Definition: Of the seventh degree or order.
– n. (Alg.)
Definition: A quantic of the seventh degree.
Sep"tic, Sep"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. septicus, Gr. septique.]
Definition: Having power to promote putrefaction.
Sep"tic, n.
Definition: A substance that promotes putrefaction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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