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.
WATERLANDER
Wa`ter*land"er, Wa`ter*land"i*an n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUEAKER
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