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.
BEEHIVES
Noun
Beehives
plural of Beehive
Anagrams
• hive bees
Noun
beehives
plural of beehive
Verb
beehives
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beehive
Anagrams
• hive bees
Source: Wiktionary
BEEHIVE
Bee"hive`, n.
Definition: A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.
Note: A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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