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.
GARMENTING
Verb
garmenting
present participle of garment
Noun
garmenting (countable and uncountable, plural garmentings)
(archaic) clothing
Source: Wiktionary
GARMENT
Gar"ment, n. Etym: [OE. garnement, OF. garnement, garniment, fr. garnir to garnish. See Garnish.]
Definition: Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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