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.
CREMATORY
crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber
(noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
crematory, crematorium
(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
crematory (not comparable)
Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.
Noun
crematory (plural crematories)
The establishment or furnace that cremates bodies.
Source: Wiktionary
Crem`a*to"ri*um (krm`-t"r-m), Crem"a*to*ry (krm"-t-r), n.; pl. Crematoriums (-Crematories (-r. Etym: [NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator.]
Definition: A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.
Crem"a*to*ry, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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