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.
DENUDATE
bald, denuded, denudate
(adjective) without the natural or usual covering; “a bald spot on the lawn”; “bare hills”
denude, bare, denudate, strip
(verb) lay bare; “denude a forest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
denudate (third-person singular simple present denudates, present participle denudating, simple past and past participle denudated)
(obsolete, rare) To denude.
Source: Wiktionary
De*nud"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude.]
Definition: To denude. [Obs. or R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
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