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.
HESPS
Noun
hesps
plural of hesp
Anagrams
• sheps, spesh
Source: Wiktionary
HESP
Hesp, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. hespa a hasp, a wisp or skein. See Hasp.]
Definition: A measure of two hanks of linen thread. [Scot.] [Written also hasp.] Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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