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.
SLYPE
Etymology
Noun
slype (plural slypes)
(architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.
Anagrams
• -lepsy, Pyles, yelps
Source: Wiktionary
Slype, n. Etym: [Cf. D. sluipen to sneak.] (Arch.)
Definition: A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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