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.
SIVAN
Sivan, Siwan
(noun) the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Si"van, n. Etym: [Heb. sivan.]
Definition: The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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