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.
ABRAYS
Verb
abrays
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abray
Anagrams
• Aybars, Ayrabs
Source: Wiktionary
ABRAY
A*bray", v. Etym: [A false form from the preterit abraid, abrayde.]
Definition: See Abraid. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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