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.
INTERCLUDE
Etymology
Verb
interclude (third-person singular simple present intercludes, present participle intercluding, simple past and past participle intercluded)
(transitive) To shut off or cut off from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to interrupt.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercluding.] Etym: [L. intercludere, interclusum; inter between + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Interclose.]
Definition: To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt. Mitford. So all passage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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