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.
OBSECRATE
Verb
obsecrate (third-person singular simple present obsecrates, present participle obsecrating, simple past and past participle obsecrated)
(transitive) To beseech; to supplicate; to implore.
Anagrams
• bracteose
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"se*crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obsecrated; p. pr. & vb, n. Obsecrating.] Etym: [L. obsecratus, p.p. of obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see Ob-) + sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]
Definition: To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. Cockerman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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