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.
GENEALOGIZES
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genealogizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genealogize
Source: Wiktionary
GENEALOGIZE
Gen`e*al"o*gize, v. i.
Definition: To investigate, or relate the history of, descents.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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