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.
SOUTER
Proper noun
Souter (plural Souters)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Souter is the 23785th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1063 individuals. Souter is most common among White (81.84%) and Black/African American (12.61%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Toures, ouster, outers, rouets, routes, touser, trouse
Etymology
Noun
souter (plural souters)
(Scotland, northern England) A shoemaker or cobbler.
Anagrams
• Toures, ouster, outers, rouets, routes, touser, trouse
Source: Wiktionary
Sou"ter, n. Etym: [AS. s, fr. It. sutor, fr. suere to sew.]
Definition: A shoemaker; a cobbler. [Obs.] Chaucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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