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.
UPLIFTS
Noun
uplifts
plural of uplift
Verb
uplifts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of uplift
Anagrams
• liftups, pitfuls, pitsful, spitful
Source: Wiktionary
UPLIFT
Up*lift", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uplifting.]
Definition: To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. Cowper. Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed. Milton.
Up"lift`, n. (Geol.)
Definition: A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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