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.
IMPOSTURES
Noun
impostures
plural of imposture
Source: Wiktionary
IMPOSTURE
Im*pos"ture, n. Etym: [L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone.]
Definition: The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.
Syn.
– Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FRISK
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