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.
SCUTAGES
Noun
scutages
plural of scutage
Source: Wiktionary
SCUTAGE
Scu"tage (; 48), n. Etym: [LL. scutagium, from L. scutum a shield.] (Eng. Hist.)
Definition: Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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