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.
CONTENEMENTS
Noun
contenements
plural of contenement
Source: Wiktionary
CONTENEMENT
Con*ten"e*ment, n. Etym: [Pref. con- + tenemnt.] (Law)
Definition: That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenetment, or thing holden, as a certin quantity of land a Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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