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.
PANEGYRIZES
Verb
panegyrizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of panegyrize
Source: Wiktionary
PANEGYRIZE
Pan"e*gy*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panegyrized; p. pr. & vb. n. Panegyrizing.] Etym: [Gr. Panegyrist.]
Definition: To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to eulogize.
Pan"e*gy*rize, v. i.
Definition: To indulge in panegyrics. Mitford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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