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.
EXPIATORY
expiatory, expiative, propitiatory
(adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; “expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
expiatory (comparative more expiatory, superlative most expiatory)
Of or pertaining to expiation.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"pi*a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.]
Definition: Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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