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.
GELTS
Noun
gelts
plural of gelt
Source: Wiktionary
GELT
Gelt, n. Etym: [See 1st Geld.]
Definition: Trubute, tax. [Obs.] All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.
Gelt, n. Etym: [See Gelt, v. t.]
Definition: A gelding. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Gelt, n.
Definition: Gilding; tinsel. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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