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.
SHABUOTH
Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost, Feast of Weeks
(noun) (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
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SET
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
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