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.
SYLLABUS
Etymology
Noun
syllabus (plural syllabi or syllabuses)
(education) A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
(law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.
Source: Wiktionary
Syl"la*bus, n.; pl. E. Syllabuses, L. Syllabi. Etym: [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.]
Definition: A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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