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.
POSTPOSING
Verb
postposing
present participle of postpose
Source: Wiktionary
POSTPOSE
Post*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postposing.] Etym: [F. postposer. See Post-, and Pose, v. t.]
Definition: To postpone. [Obs.] Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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