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.
TIPU
tipu, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda, pride of Bolivia
(noun) semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental
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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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