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.
PATCHERY
Noun
patchery (countable and uncountable, plural patcheries)
Hypocrisy; trickery.
That which is thrown or sown together usually clumsily or with different color and textures, like patchwork.
(UK, military, historical) Living quarters for married soldiers.
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Source: Wiktionary
Patch"er*y, n.
Definition: Botchery; covering of defects; bungling; hypocrisy. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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