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.
LIER
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Lier
A city in Antwerp, Belgium.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Lier
A municipality of Buskerud County, Norway.
Anagrams
• Iler, Irel., Reil, Riel, lire, riel, rile
Etymology
Noun
lier (plural liers)
A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
Obsolete spelling of liar.
Misspelling of liar.
Anagrams
• Iler, Irel., Reil, Riel, lire, riel, rile
Source: Wiktionary
Li"er, n. Etym: [From Lie. ]
Definition: One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment. There were liers in a ambush against him. Josh. viii. 14.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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