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.
VAUNCED
Verb
vaunced
simple past tense and past participle of vaunce
Source: Wiktionary
VAUNCE
Vaunce, v. i. Etym: [See Advance.]
Definition: To advance. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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