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.
BASILICAL
Adjective
basilical (comparative more basilical, superlative most basilical)
basilic
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*sil"ic, Ba*sil"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Basilica.]
1. Royal; kingly; also, basilican.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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