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.
NONENTRY
Etymology
Noun
nonentry (countable and uncountable, plural nonentries)
(Scotland, legal, historical) The casualty or advantage which formerly fell to the superior when the heir of a deceased vassal failed to renew the investiture, the superior being then entitled to the rent of the feu.
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PRESTIGE
(noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; “he wanted to achieve power and prestige”
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