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.
THEREFOR
therefor
(adverb) (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it; “ordering goods and enclosing payment therefor”; “a refund therefor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
therefor (not comparable)
(obsolete) Therefore, for that or this reason or cause.
(now chiefly in legal) For or in return for that.
Anagrams
• therfore
Source: Wiktionary
There*for", adv. Etym: [There + for. Cf. Therefore.]
Definition: For that, or this; for it. With certain officers ordained therefore. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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