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.
ENSKY
ensky
(verb) exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
ensky (third-person singular simple present enskies, present participle enskying, simple past and past participle enskyed or enskied)
(poetic, transitive) To place in the sky.
• Late XIX cent, Francis Thompson, Grace of the Way
(poetic, transitive) To exalt.
Source: Wiktionary
En*sky", v. t.
Definition: To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] "A thing enskied and sainted." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SPONGE
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
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