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.
GLENS
Noun
glens
plural of glen
Anagrams
• Lengs, NELGs, gen'ls
Source: Wiktionary
GLEN
Glen, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley, Ir. & Gael. gleann valley, glen.]
Definition: A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills. And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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