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.
STADE
Etymology 1
Noun
stade (plural stades)
(historical units of measure, dated) synonym of stadion: a former Greek unit of distance (variously 150–210 m at different places and times).
(dated) A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium.
A stage of progress
(obsolete) in a journey.
(medical, obsolete) of a disease.
(geology) in glaciation during which a secondary advance of the glaciers occurs.
Etymology 2
Noun
stade (plural stades)
(units of measure, obsolete) synonym of fathom.
Etymology 3
Noun
stade (plural stades)
(rare, obsolete) A chief town in an area or country.
Etymology 4
Noun
stade (plural stades)
(obsolete) Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade.
Etymology 5
Noun
stade (plural stades)
(nautical, obsolete) A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf.
Anagrams
• AEDST, Stead, TASed, asdet, dates, desat, sadet, sated, stead, tased, tsade
Proper noun
Stade
A city in Lower Saxony, Germany
Anagrams
• AEDST, Stead, TASed, asdet, dates, desat, sadet, sated, stead, tased, tsade
Source: Wiktionary
Stade, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stade.]
Definition: A stadium. Donne.
Stade, n. Etym: [Cf. G. gestade shore.]
Definition: A landing place or wharf. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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