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.
OBNUBILATION
Etymology
Noun
obnubilation (countable and uncountable, plural obnubilations)
The action of darkening or fact of being darkened, as with a cloud; obscuration. [1610]
(medicine, specifically) Obscuration or clouding of the mind or faculties. [1753]
(rare, literally) A veiling with or concealment in clouds. [1814]
Something that obscures or causes confoundment; an obfuscation. [1999]
Source: Wiktionary
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