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.
INHERITOR
heir, inheritor, heritor
(noun) a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inheritor (plural inheritors)
Someone who inherits something; an heir.
(computing, programming) A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
Source: Wiktionary
In*her"it*or, n.
Definition: One who inherits; an heir. Born inheritors of the dignity. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DATELESS
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
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