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.
DEMARCATED
Verb
demarcated
simple past tense and past participle of demarcate
Source: Wiktionary
DEMARCATE
De*mar"cate, v. t. Etym: [See Demarcation.]
Definition: To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. Wilkinson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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