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.
STEPFATHERS
Noun
stepfathers
plural of stepfather
Hypernyms
• stepparents
Source: Wiktionary
STEPFATHER
Step"fa`ther, n. Etym: [AS. steópfæder.]
Definition: The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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