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.
EPISEMATIC
Etymology
Adjective
episematic (comparative more episematic, superlative most episematic)
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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