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.
PERNANCY
Etymology
Noun
pernancy (usually uncountable, plural pernancies)
(legal) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
Source: Wiktionary
Per"nan*cy, n. Etym: [OF. prenance, fr. prendre, prenre, penre, to take, L. prendere, prehendere.] (Law)
Definition: A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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