Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PECCABLE
peccable, peccant
(adjective) liable to sin; āa frail and peccable mortalā- Sir Walter Scott
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
peccable
Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
Source: Wiktionary
Pec"ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. peccable. See Peccant.]
Definition: Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law. "A frail and peccable mortal." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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