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.
STICHS
Noun
stichs
plural of stich
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• schist
Source: Wiktionary
STICH
Stich, n. Etym: [Gr. sti`chos a row, line, akin to to go, march, E. sty, v.i.]
1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.
2. A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible.
3. A row, line, or rank of trees.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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