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.
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TROPIST
Trop"ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tropiste. See Trope.]
Definition: One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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