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.
LAMENTER
mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter
(noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lamenter (plural lamenters)
One who laments.
Source: Wiktionary
La*ment"er (, n.
Definition: One who laments.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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