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.
LEVEEING
Verb
leveeing
present participle of levee
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• enveigle
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LEVEE
Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.]
1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee." Gray.
2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room.
Lev"ee, v. t.
Definition: To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young.
Lev"ee, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy.]
Definition: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ]
Lev"ee, v. t.
Definition: To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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