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.
CONCORDAT
covenant, compact, concordat
(noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
concordat (plural concordats)
A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cor"dat, n. Etym: [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop. p. p. of concordare. See Concord.]
1. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.
2. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VIL and Bonaparte in 1801. Hook.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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