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.
SWEVEN
Etymology
Noun
sweven (plural swevens)
(archaic) A dream.
(archaic) A vision.
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Source: Wiktionary
Swe"ven, n. Etym: [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban, swefian, to put to sleep, to kill. *176. See Somnolent.]
Definition: A vision seen in sleep; a dream. [Obs.] Wycliff (Acts ii. 17). I defy both sweven and dream. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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