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.
TETS
Noun
TETS
(medicine) Initialism of transcutaneous energy transmission system: an experimental subcutaneous device for generating current in heart patients.
(organic compound) Abbreviation of tetramethylenedisulfotetramine.
Proper noun
TETS
(UK, railway) Initialism of Trains Entering Terminal Stations: a failsafe device for stopping trains that are entering a station at the end of a railway line.
Anagrams
• TEST, Test, sett, stet, test
Noun
TETs
plural of TET
Anagrams
• TEST, Test, sett, stet, test
Etymology
Noun
Tets (plural Tets)
(UK, informal) A bottle or serving of Tetley's beer.
Anagrams
• TEST, Test, sett, stet, test
Noun
tets
plural of tet
Anagrams
• TEST, Test, sett, stet, test
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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