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.
TABLEWISE
Etymology
Adverb
tablewise (not comparable)
Positioned in a way that suggests the shape of a table.
(Christianity) Oriented like the communion table, with the ends east and west, as opposed to altarwise.
Anagrams
• bewailest
Source: Wiktionary
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