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.
ANELE
anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate
(verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
anele (third-person singular simple present aneles, present participle aneling, simple past and past participle aneled)
(obsolete) To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.
Anagrams
• Elean, Elena, Neale, leane
Source: Wiktionary
A*nele", v. t. Etym: [OE. anelien; an on + AS. ele oil, L. oleum. See Oil, Anoil.]
1. To anoint. Shipley.
2. To give extreme unction to. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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