Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
NOELS
Noun
noels
plural of noel
Anagrams
• Elson, Lenos, Noles, Olsen, Slone, Solen, enols, lenos, noles, nosel, nosle, solen
Source: Wiktionary
NOEL
No"el, n. Etym: [F. noƫl, L. natalis birthday, fr. natalis natal. See Natal.]
Definition: Same as Nowel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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