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.
BESAILE
Be*saiel", Be*saile", Be*sayle" (, n. Etym: [OF. beseel, F. bisaĂŻeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather.]
1. A great-grandfather. [Obs.]
2. (Law)
Definition: A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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