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.
ZEBUB
Noun
zebub (plural zebubs)
(archaic) synonym of zimb
Source: Wiktionary
Ze"bub, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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