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.
INASMUCH
Etymology
Adverb
inasmuch (not comparable)
(obsolete) In like degree; in like manner; to the same or similar degree; likewise. [14th c.]
Anagrams
• humanics, nusachim
Source: Wiktionary
In`as*much", adv. Etym: [In + as + much.]
Definition: In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by as. See In as much as, under In, prep. Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Matt. xxv. 45.
Syn.
– Because; since; for; as. See Because.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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