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.
HONORARIES
Noun
honoraries
plural of honorary
Source: Wiktionary
HONORARY
Hon`o*ra"ri*um, Hon"or*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See Honorary, a.]
1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.
2. (Law)
Definition: An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. Heumann.
Hon"or*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. honorarius, fr. honor honor: cf. F. honoraire.]
1. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay.
2. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." Addison.
3. Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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