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.
CINERARIUM
columbarium, cinerarium
(noun) a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cinerarium (plural cineraria)
A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
Source: Wiktionary
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