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.
FULLERY
Noun
fullery (plural fulleries)
A place built for the process of fulling wool in cloth-making. Usually refers to a period in history before the process was carried out at a mill.
A workshop for the cleaning clothes, particularly in Ancient Roman times.
Synonyms
• fulling mill
Source: Wiktionary
Full"er*y, n.; pl. Fulleries (.
Definition: The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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