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.
LANDOWNING
Etymology
Adjective
landowning
In possession of real estate (i.e. land).
Of or pertaining to the ownership of land.
Noun
landowning (plural landownings)
A portion of land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
Source: Wiktionary
Land"own`ing, n.
Definition: The owning of land.
– a.
Definition: Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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