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.
PROLOGIZE
prologize, prologuize, prologise
(verb) write or speak a prologue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
prologize (third-person singular simple present prologizes, present participle prologizing, simple past and past participle prologized)
Alternative form of prologuize
Source: Wiktionary
Pro"lo*gize, v. i. Etym: [Gr. Prologue.]
Definition: To deliver a Prologue. [R.] Whewell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AUTHORITARIAN
(adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience; “the timid child of authoritarian parents”; “insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter”
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