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.
MISFAITH
Etymology
Noun
misfaith (usually uncountable, plural misfaiths)
Lack of faith; distrust.
Bad or misplaced religious belief.
Anagrams
• faithism
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*faith", n.
Definition: Want of faith; distrust. "[Anger] born of your misfaith." Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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