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.
VATICIDE
Etymology
Noun
vaticide (countable and uncountable, plural vaticides)
The murder of a prophet.
(rare) A murderer of a prophet.
Anagrams
• cavitied, viciated
Source: Wiktionary
Vat"i*cide, n. Etym: [L. vates a prophet + caedere to kill.]
Definition: The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet. "The caitiff vaticide." Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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