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.
GILDHALL
gildhall
(noun) the meeting place of a medieval guild
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
gildhall (plural gildhalls)
Dated form of guildhall.
Source: Wiktionary
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