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.
GENUFLECTED
Verb
genuflected
simple past tense and past participle of genuflect
Source: Wiktionary
GENUFLECT
Gen`u*flect", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Genuflecting.] Etym: [See Genuflection.]
Definition: To bend the knee, as in worship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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