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.
SINOPIA
sinopis, sinopia, sinoper
(noun) a red ocher formerly used as a pigment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sinopia (countable and uncountable, plural sinopias or sinopie)
A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
Synonym: sinoper
(arts) The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.
Anagrams
• pisonia
Source: Wiktionary
Si*no"pi*a, Si*no"pis, n.
Definition: A red pigment made from sinopite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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