"quenchcoal" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1615, Samuel Ward, A Coal from the Altar to Kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal",
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        "(obsolete, idiomatic, Puritanism) A person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion."
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