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.
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TRAMMEL
restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
(verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access); “restrict the use of this parking lot”; “limit the time you can spend with your friends”
trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel
(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; “The men trap foxes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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