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.
DISENFRANCHISED
disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless
(adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; “labor was voiceless”; “disenfrenchised masses took to the streets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
disenfranchised
simple past tense and past participle of disenfranchise
Adjective
disenfranchised (comparative more disenfranchised, superlative most disenfranchised)
Not represented; especially, not having the right to vote.
Source: Wiktionary
DISENFRANCHISE
Dis`en*fran"chise, v. t.
Definition: To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen.
– Dis`en*fran"chise*ment, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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