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.
HENLEY
Proper noun
Henley
A surname.
A place name, including
A town in Oxfordshire, England; see Henley-on-Thames.
A town in Warwickshire, England; see Henley-in-Arden.
A village in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1551).
A hamlet in Somerset, England.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
A township in Otago, New Zealand.
An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States, derived from the surname.
An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, derived from the surname.
Etymology
From the town of Henley in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.
Noun
henley (plural henleys)
A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar
Source: Wiktionary
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