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.
UNTOMB
Etymology
Verb
untomb (third-person singular simple present untombs, present participle untombing, simple past and past participle untombed)
(transitive) To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*tomb", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + tomb.]
Definition: To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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