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.
STANHOPES
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stanhopes
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STANHOPE
Stan"hope, n.
Definition: A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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