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.
TOURNEY
tournament, tourney
(noun) a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
tourney
(verb) engage in a tourney
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tourney (plural tourneys or tournies)
Tournament.
Verb
tourney (third-person singular simple present tourneys, present participle tourneying, simple past and past participle tourneyed)
(archaic) To take part in a tournament.
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Source: Wiktionary
Tour"ney, n. Etym: [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
Definition: A tournament. Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.
Tour"ney, v. i. Etym: [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
Definition: To perform in tournaments; to tilt. Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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