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.
ANTECESSOR
Etymology
Noun
antecessor (plural antecessors)
(now, rare) A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
Synonyms: precursor, predecessor
Antonym: successor
(now, rare) A person from whom one is descended.
Synonym: ancestor
Antonym: descendant
Source: Wiktionary
An`te*ces"sor, n. Etym: [L., fr. antecedere, antecessum. See Antecede, Ancestor.]
1. One who goes before; a predecessor. The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices. Sir E. Sandys.
2. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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