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.
FANATISM
fanaticism, fanatism, zealotry
(noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Fan"a*tism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fanatisme. Cf. Fanaticism.]
Definition: Fanaticism. [R.] Gibbon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PREMATURELY
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