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.
TABELLION
Etymology
Noun
tabellion (plural tabellions)
(historical) An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.
Anagrams
• ballotine
Source: Wiktionary
Ta*bel"lion, n. [L. tabellio, fr. tabella a tablet, a writing, document, dim. of tabula a board: cf. F. tabellion. See Table.]
Definition: A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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