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.
COURLANS
Noun
courlans
plural of courlan
Anagrams
• Lancours, consular
Source: Wiktionary
COURLAN
Cour"lan (kr"ln), n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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