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.
MACULED
Verb
maculed
simple past tense and past participle of macule
Source: Wiktionary
MACULE
Mac"ule, n. Etym: [F. macule. See Macula.]
1. A spot. [Obs.]
2. (Print.)
Definition: A blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.
Mac"ule, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. maculer. See Maculate,v.]
Definition: To blur; especially (Print.), to blur or double an impression from type. See Mackle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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