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.
BECALL
Etymology
Verb
becall (third-person singular simple present becalls, present participle becalling, simple past and past participle becalled)
(transitive) To accuse.
(transitive, obsolete) To call upon; call forth; challenge.
(transitive, obsolete) To call; summon.
(transitive) To call names; insult.
Anagrams
• Cabell
Source: Wiktionary
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