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.
TALESMAN
Etymology 1
Noun
talesman (plural talesmen)
(obsolete) The (male) author or relater of a tale; storyteller.
Etymology 2
Noun
talesman (plural talesmen)
(legal) Someone summoned to a jury when a tales is awarded, to make up numbers.
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• altnames, last name, last-name, slametan
Source: Wiktionary
Tales"man, n.; pl. Talesmen (. (Law)
Definition: A person called to make up a deficiency in the number of jurors when a tales is awarded. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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