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.
TENACE
Etymology
Noun
tenace (plural tenaces)
(bridge) An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.
Anagrams
• Canete, cetane
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"ace, n. Etym: [F. tenace tenacious, demeurer tenace to hold the best and third best cards and take both tricks, and adversary having to lead. See Tenacious.] (Whist)
Definition: The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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