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 (countable and uncountable, plural vaticides)
The murder of a prophet.
(rare) A murderer of a prophet.
• 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
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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.