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.
VITASCOPE
Etymology
Noun
vitascope (plural vitascopes)
(historical) An early machine for exhibiting animated pictures.
Anagrams
• oviscapte
Source: Wiktionary
Vi"ta*scope, n. [L. vita life + -scope.]
Definition: A form of machine for exhibiting animated pictures.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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