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.
VOUCHSAFEMENT
Etymology
Noun
vouchsafement (countable and uncountable, plural vouchsafements)
The act of vouchsafing.
That which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension.
Source: Wiktionary
Vouch*safe"ment, n.
Definition: The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension. Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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