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.
SHEIKH
sheik, tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief
(noun) the leader of an Arab village or family
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
sheikh (plural sheikhs)
Alternative spelling of sheik
Proper noun
Sheikh
The title of a sheikh
Source: Wiktionary
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31 March 2025
IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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