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.
ATHETIZE
Etymology
Verb
athetize (third-person singular simple present athetizes, present participle athetizing, simple past and past participle athetized)
(transitive) To reject a passage of text as spurious.
Source: Wiktionary
Ath"e*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Athetized; p. pr. & vb. n. Athetizing.] [Gr. , fr. set aside, not fixed; not + to place.]
Definition: To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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