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.
HOSTELLING
Etymology
Noun
hostelling (uncountable)
(British spelling) the practice of staying in youth hostels when on holiday, or travelling
Source: Wiktionary
HOSTEL
Hos"tel, n. Etym: [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel.]
1. An inn. [Archaic] Poe. So pass I hostel, hall, and grange. Tennyson.
2. A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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