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.
MAILE
Etymology 1
Noun
maile (plural mailes)
A flowering Hawaiian vine, of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
Etymology 2
Noun
maile (uncountable)
Obsolete form of mail (chainmail).
Anagrams
• Lamie, ameli, e-mail, email
Source: Wiktionary
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