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.
DOWING
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dowing
present participle of dow
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DOW
Dow, n.
Definition: A kind of vessel. See Dhow.
Dow, v. t. Etym: [F. douer. See Dower.]
Definition: To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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