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.
HOODMAN
Etymology
Noun
hoodman (plural hoodmen)
(obsolete, games) The blindfolded player in the game of hoodman-blind, or blind man's buff.
Anagrams
• manhood
Source: Wiktionary
Hood"man, n.
Definition: The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.] Shak.
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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