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.
VILLANELLES
Noun
villanelles
plural of villanelle
Source: Wiktionary
VILLANELLE
Vil`la*nelle", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W. Gosse.
VILLANELLA
Vil`la*nel"la, n.; pl. Villanelle. Etym: [It., a pretty country girl.] (Mus.)
Definition: An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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