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.
LACUNARIA
LACUNAR
coffer, caisson, lacunar
(noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lacunaria pl (plural only)
(architecture) sunken panels; coffers
Source: Wiktionary
LACUNAR
La*cu"nal, La*cu"nar, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or having, lacunæ; as, a lacunar circulation.
La*cu"nar, n.; pl. E. Lacunars, L. Lacunaria. Etym: [L.] (Arch.) (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. Gwilt (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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