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.
THIRDINGS
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thirdings
plural of thirding
Noun
thirdings (uncountable)
(UK, legal) One third of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, paid to the lord as a heriot.
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Third"ings, n. pl. (Eng. Law)
Definition: The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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