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.
QUINCENTENARY
quincentennial, quincentenary
(adjective) of or relating to a 500th anniversary; “the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city”
quincentennial, quincentenary
(noun) the 500th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
quincentenary (plural quincentenaries)
A five-hundredth anniversary.
Adjective
quincentenary (not comparable)
Pertaining to a quincentenary; quincentennial.
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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