Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FETED
Verb
feted
simple past tense and past participle of fete
Adjective
feted (comparative more feted, superlative most feted)
Honoured; celebrated.
Source: Wiktionary
FETE
Fete, n. Etym: [See feat.]
Definition: A feat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fete, n. pl. Etym: [See Foot.]
Definition: Feet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FĂȘte, n. Etym: [F. See Feast.]
Definition: A festival. FĂȘte champĂȘtre ( Etym: [F.], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.
FĂȘte, v. t. [imp. & p. p. FĂȘted; p. pr. & vb. n. FĂȘting.] Etym: [Cf. F. fĂȘter.]
Definition: To feast; to honor with a festival.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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