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.
OVERFRANK
Etymology
Verb
overfrank (third-person singular simple present overfranks, present participle overfranking, simple past and past participle overfranked)
To pay excessive franking credits.
To apply stamps with a higher value than the postage required to a letter.
Adjective
overfrank (comparative more overfrank, superlative most overfrank)
Excessively frank or candid.
Source: Wiktionary
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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