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.
FEUDALIZE
feudalize
(verb) bring (a country or people) under feudalism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
feudalize (third-person singular simple present feudalizes, present participle feudalizing, simple past and past participle feudalized)
To make something feudal.
Source: Wiktionary
Feu"dal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feudalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Feudalizing.]
Definition: To reduce toa feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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