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.
FLAUNCHING
Verb
flaunching
present participle of flaunch
Noun
flaunching (countable and uncountable, plural flaunchings)
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
Source: Wiktionary
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