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.
HEAVENLIER
Adjective
heavenlier
comparative form of heavenly
Source: Wiktionary
HEAVENLY
Heav"en*ly, a. Etym: [AS. heofonic.]
1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music. As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor. xv. 48.
2. Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng. The love of heaven makes one heavenly. Sir P. Sidney.
Heav"en*ly, adv.
1. In a manner resembling that of heaven. "She was heavenly true." Shak.
2. By the influence or agency of heaven. Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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