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.
HARLOTRIES
Noun
harlotries
plural of harlotry
Source: Wiktionary
HARLOTRY
Har"lot*ry, n.
1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Chaucer.
2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden.
3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.] He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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