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.
TOWNSHIP
township, town
(noun) an administrative division of a county; “the town is responsible for snow removal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
township (plural townships)
The territory of a town.
(US, Canada) a subdivision of a county.
(South African English, Pre 1994) An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
(Australia, NZ) a small town.
Usage notes
In the U.S. (derived from an obsolete UK usage), the term "township" refers to a division of a county, and may include one or more towns, villages, hamlets, or small cities. It may also be an administrative district for an unincorporated rural area. The exact nature of a township, and its role in local administration, differs from state to state.
Source: Wiktionary
Town"ship, n.
1. The district or territory of a town.
Note: In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county.
2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.
3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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