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.
TRIBUNAL
court, tribunal, judicature
(noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tribunal (plural tribunals)
An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
(Philippines, historical) A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.
Anagrams
• turbinal
Source: Wiktionary
Tri*bu"nal, n. Etym: [L. tribunal, fr. tribunus a tribune who administered justice: cf. F. tribunal. See Tribune.]
1. The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
2. Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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