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.
CREDENTIALED
Verb
credentialed
simple past tense and past participle of credential
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Source: Wiktionary
CREDENTIAL
Cre*den"tial (kr-dn"shal), a. Etym: [Cf. It. credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See Credence.]
Definition: Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. Their credential letters on both sides. Camden.
Cre*den"tial, n. Etym: [Cf. It. credenziale.]
1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence.
2. pl.
Definition: Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate. The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke. Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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