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.
PROBATES
Noun
probates
plural of probate
Verb
probates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probate
Source: Wiktionary
PROBATE
Pro"bate, n. Etym: [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to prove. See Prove.]
1. Proof. [Obs.] Skelton.
2. (Law) (a) Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved. Bouvier. Burrill. (b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
Pro"bate, a.
Definition: Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record. Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the probate of wills.
– Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will. [Eng.]
Pro"bate v. t.
Definition: To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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