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.
VIRGATES
Noun
virgates
plural of virgate
Anagrams
• vitrages
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VIRGATE
Vir"gate, a. Etym: [L. virgatus made of twigs, fr. virga a twig, rod. See Verge a rod.] (Bot.)
Definition: Having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender.
Vir"gate, n. Etym: [LL. virgata, virgata terrae, so much land as virga terrae, a land measure, contains, fr. L. virga a twig, rod.]
Definition: A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs.] T. Warton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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