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.
LAIRDS
Noun
lairds
plural of laird
Verb
lairds
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laird
Anagrams
• LIDARs, drails, larids, liards, lidars
Source: Wiktionary
LAIRD
Laird, n. Etym: [See Lord.]
Definition: A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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