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.
UNGODDING
Verb
ungodding
present participle of ungod
Source: Wiktionary
UNGOD
Un*god", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + god.]
1. To deprive of divinity; to undeify. [R.] Donne.
2. To cause to recognize no god; to deprive of a god; to make atheistical. [R.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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