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.
WADMAL
Etymology
Noun
wadmal (countable and uncountable, plural wadmals)
Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly used in winter clothing for the poor.
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