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.
DECEASED
deceased, at peace, at rest, asleep(p), departed, gone
(adjective) dead; “he is deceased”; “our dear departed friend”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
deceased (not comparable)
No longer alive, dead
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Belonging to the dead.
(legal) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
Usage notes
• Not to be confused with diseased (affected with or suffering from disease).
Synonyms
• (no longer alive): asleep (euphemistic), at peace (euphemistic), at rest (euphemistic), dead, departed (euphemistic), late, gone (euphemistic)
Noun
deceased (plural deceased or deceaseds)
A dead person.
(legal) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
Usage notes
Deceased or decedent is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings. Departed is most commonly used in religious settings.
Synonyms
• (dead person): dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed, late
• (plural: dead people): dead people, dead souls, deceased people, decedents, departed
Source: Wiktionary
De*ceased", a.
Definition: Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person.
DECEASE
De*cease", n. Etym: [OE. deses, deces, F. décès, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.]
Definition: Departure, especially departure from this life; death. His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31. And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. Spenser.
Syn.
– Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death.
De*cease", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased; p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing.]
Definition: To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. She's dead, deceased, she's dead. Shak. When our summers have deceased. Tennyson. Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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