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.
DIVINIFY
Etymology
Verb
divinify (third-person singular simple present divinifies, present participle divinifying, simple past and past participle divinified)
(transitive, obsolete) To render divine; to deify.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vin"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. divinus divine + -fy.]
Definition: To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] "Blessed and divinified soul." Parth. Sacra (1633).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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