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.
SUBFEU
Etymology
Noun
subfeu (plural subfeus)
(Scottish law, historical) A feu sublet by a vassal to a subvassal: a right to hold subinfeudated land in perpetuity in exchange for rent.
Usage notes
Feudal land tenures were abolished in Scotland in 2004.
Verb
subfeu (third-person singular simple present subfeus, present participle subfeuing, simple past and past participle subfeued)
(transitive & intransitive, Scottish law, historical) To subinfeud: to grant land via a subfeu.
Usage notes
Feudal land tenures were abolished in Scotland in 2004.
Source: Wiktionary
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