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.
VISAS
Noun
visas
plural of visa
Verb
visas
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of visa
Noun
Visas
plural of Visa
Source: Wiktionary
VISA
Vi"sa, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: See Vis.
Vi"sa, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visaed; p. pr. & vb. n. Visaing.]
Definition: To indorse, after examination, with the word visé, as a passport; to visé.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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