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.
MISNAMED
Verb
misnamed
simple past tense and past participle of misname
Source: Wiktionary
MISNAME
Mis*name", v. t.
Definition: To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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