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.
FABURDENS
Noun
faburdens
plural of faburden
Source: Wiktionary
FABURDEN
Fab"ur*den, n. Etym: [F. foux bpirdon. See False, and Burden a verse.]
1. (Mus.) (a) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass. (b) A succession of chords of the sixth. [Obs.]
2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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