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.
ABUNE
Noun
abune (uncountable)
(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon[First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Adverb
abune
(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon[First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Preposition
abune
(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon[First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
Anagrams
• Buena
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