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.
FORELIE
Etymology
Verb
forelie (third-person singular simple present forelies, present participle forelying, simple past forelay, past participle forelain)
(obsolete) To lie in front.
Source: Wiktionary
Fore*lie", v. i.
Definition: To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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