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.
PARRED
Verb
parred
simple past tense and past participle of par
Anagrams
• Draper, draper
Source: Wiktionary
PAR
Par, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Parr.
Par, prep. Etym: [F., fr. L. per. See Per.]
Definition: By; with; -- used frequently in Early English in phrases taken from the French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.
Par, n. Etym: [L. par, adj., equal. See Peer an equal.]
1. Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
2. Equality of condition or circumstances. At par, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium.
– Above par, at a premium.
– Below par, at a discount.
– On a par, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par; his ability is on a par with his ambition.
– Par of exchange. See under Exchange.
– Par value, nominal value; face value.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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