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.
HERIOTS
Noun
heriots
plural of heriot
Anagrams
• hoister, shortie, toshier
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HERIOT
Her"i*ot, n. Etym: [AS. heregeatu military equipment, heriot; here army + geatwe, pl., arms, equipments.] (Eng. Law)
Definition: Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant. Blackstone. Bouvier. Heriot custom, a heriot depending on usage.
– Heriot service (Law), a heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands. Spelman. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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