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.
DEFRAYAL
payment, defrayal, defrayment
(noun) the act of paying money
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
defrayal (countable and uncountable, plural defrayals)
The act of defraying.
Source: Wiktionary
De*fray"al, n.
Definition: The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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