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.
gule (plural gules)
(obsolete) The throat; the gullet.
• Guel, UGLE, glue, luge
Source: Wiktionary
Gule, v. t.
Definition: To give the color of gules to.
Gule, n.
Definition: The throat; the gullet. [Obs.] Throats so wide and gules so gluttonous. Gauden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 April 2025
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”
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.