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.
CHRONICLED
Verb
chronicled
simple past tense and past participle of chronicle
Source: Wiktionary
CHRONICLE
Chron"i*cle, n. Etym: [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. Chronic.]
1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.
2. A narrative of events; a history; a record.
3. pl.
Definition: The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.
Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History.
Chron"i*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chronicled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chronicling.]
Definition: To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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