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.
UNFREE
unfree
(adjective) hampered and not free; not able to act at will
unfree
(adjective) held in servitude; “he was born of slave parents”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unfree (comparative more unfree, superlative most unfree)
Not free; especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*free", a.
Definition: Not free; held in bondage. There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among the English as among all German peoples. J. R. Green
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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