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.
TARGE
Etymology
Noun
targe (plural targes)
(archaic) A small shield
(archaic) A tassel or pendant
Anagrams
• 'Gater, Greta, ergat-, grate, great, great-, retag, terga
Source: Wiktionary
Targe, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Target.]
Definition: A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] "A buckler on a targe." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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