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.
INTERRING
INTER
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
(verb) place in a grave or tomb; “Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square”; “The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids”; “My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
interring
present participle of inter
Source: Wiktionary
INTER
In"ter-. Etym: [L. inter, prep., among, between, a compar. form of in in; akin to intra, intro, within, Skr. antar between, in, and E.in. See In, and cf. Entrails, Interior, Enter-, Exterior.]
Definition: A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
In*ter", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interred; p. pr. & vb. n. Interring.] Etym: [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.]
Definition: To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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