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.
FIRESIDE
hearth, fireside
(noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; “driven from hearth and home”; “fighting in defense of their firesides”
hearth, fireside
(noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); “they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fireside (plural firesides)
The area near a domestic fire or hearth.
(by extension, symbolic) One's home.
(by extension) Home life.
(Mormonism) A supplementary meeting in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fire"side`, n.
Definition: A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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