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.
HALIDOM
Etymology
Noun
halidom (plural halidoms)
(obsolete) Holiness; sanctity; sacred honour.
(archaic) A sanctuary; lands held of a religious foundation.
(archaic) Something regarded as sacred; a holy relic.
Anagrams
• holidam
Source: Wiktionary
Hal"i*dom, n. Etym: [AS. haligd holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; halig holy + -d, E. -dom. See Holy.]
1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths. [Archaic] So God me help and halidom. Piers Plowman. By my halidom, I was fast asleep. Shak.
2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] Shipley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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