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.
HORARY
horary
(adjective) relating to the hours; “the horary cycle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
horary (not comparable)
Pertaining to an hour or hours.
Occurring every hour; hourly.
(obsolete) Having a duration of just an hour; short-lived.
(astrology, of a question) Whose answer can be worked out by drawing up a horoscope of the exact time the question was asked.
Noun
horary (plural horaries)
(rare, ecclesiastical) A book containing the divine offices for the various canonical hours.
A narrative or account that is kept hourly.
A plan or programme that gives the hours at which events are to take place; a timetable; a horarium.
Source: Wiktionary
Ho"ra*ry, a. Etym: [LL. horarius, fr. L. hora hour: cf. F. horaire. See Hour.]
1. Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours. Spectator.
2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral. Horary, or soon decaying, fruits of summer. Sir T. Browne. Horary circles. See Circles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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