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.
SISTS
Noun
sists
plural of sist
Source: Wiktionary
SIST
Sist, v. t. Etym: [L. sistere to bring to a stand, to stop.]
1. (Scots Law)
Definition: To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
2. To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.] Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. Sir W. Hamilton.
Sist, n. (Scots Law)
Definition: A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Burril.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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