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.
SCRYING
Verb
scrying
present participle of scry
Noun
scrying (plural scryings)
The act of one who scries.
Anagrams
• cryings
Source: Wiktionary
SCRY
Scry, v. t.
Definition: To descry. [Obs.] Spenser.
Scry, n. Etym: [From Scry, v.]
Definition: A flock of wild fowl.
Scry, n. Etym: [OE. ascrie, fr. ascrien to cry out, fr. OF. escrier, F. s'écrier. See Ex-, and Cry.]
Definition: A cry or shout. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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