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.
SWEETMEAT
sweetmeat
(noun) a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sweetmeat (plural sweetmeats)
A sweet delicacy; a confection
Source: Wiktionary
Sweet"meat`, n.
1. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.
2. The paint used in making patent leather.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast. [Local, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBSERVE
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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