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.
POSTCOLONIAL
Etymology
Adjective
postcolonial (not comparable)
Following the end of colonial rule
(philosophy) Of or pertaining to postcolonialism
Noun
postcolonial (plural postcolonials)
A person living in a postcolonial society.
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