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.
TRANSES
Noun
transes
plural of transe
plural of trans
Anagrams
• Starnes, Stearns, ratness, santers, sarsnet
Source: Wiktionary
TRANSE
Transe, n.
Definition: See Trance. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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