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.
GLEAVE
Proper noun
Gleave (plural Gleaves)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gleave is the 32169th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 717 individuals. Gleave is most common among White (94.7%) individuals.
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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