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.
ABANDED
Verb
abanded
simple past tense and past participle of aband
Source: Wiktionary
ABAND
A*band", v.t. Etym: [Contracted from abandon.]
1. To abandon. [Obs.] Enforced the kingdom to aband. Spenser.
2. To banish; to expel. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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