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.
MARCHLAND
borderland, border district, march, marchland
(noun) district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area; “the Welsh marches between England and Wales”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
marchland (plural marchlands)
(history) Land comprising the marches of a territory; borderland.
Source: Wiktionary
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RECALL
(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”
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