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.
HOLLAED
Verb
hollaed
simple past tense and past participle of holla
Anagrams
• halloed
Source: Wiktionary
HOLLA
Hol"la, interj. Etym: [F. hola; ho ho + lĂ there, fr. L. illac that way, there. Cf. Hollo.]
Definition: Hollo.
Hol"la, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hollaed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollaing.]
Definition: See Hollo, v. i.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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