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.
FADY
Etymology 1
Adjective
fady (comparative more fady, superlative most fady)
(archaic, rare) faded
Etymology 2
Noun
fady (uncountable)
A system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.
Adjective
fady (not comparable)
Taboo, or forbidden, under the fady system.
Source: Wiktionary
Fad"y, a.
Definition: Faded. [R.] Shenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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