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.
BULLARIES
Noun
bullaries
plural of bullary
Source: Wiktionary
BULLARY
Bul"la*ry, n. Etym: [LL. bullarium: cf. F. bullairie. See Bull an edict.]
Definition: A collection of papal bulls.
Bul"la*ry, n.; pl. Bullaries. Etym: [Cf. Boilary.]
Definition: A place for boiling or preparating salt; a boilery. Crabb. And certain salt fats or bullaries. Bills in Chancery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
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