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.
SOUPING
Verb
souping
present participle of soup
Noun
souping (uncountable)
The dietary practice of eating mainly soup, for example in order to lose weight.
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Source: Wiktionary
SOUP
Soup, n. Etym: [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See Sop something dipped in a liquid, and cf. Supper.]
Definition: A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor.
– Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.
Soup, v. t.
Definition: To sup or swallow. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Soup, v. t.
Definition: To breathe out. [Obs.] amden.
Soup, v. t.
Definition: To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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