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.
NUPTIALS
wedding, wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals
(noun) the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nuptials pl (plural only)
A wedding ceremony. [from mid 16th c.]
Synonyms
• wedding
Anagrams
• painslut, patulins, tailspun, unplaits
Source: Wiktionary
NUPTIAL
Nup"tial, a. Etym: [L. nuptialis, fr. nuptiae marriage, wedding, fr. nubere, nuptum, prop., to cover, to veil, hence, to marry, as the head of the bride was covered with a veil; cf. Gr. nuptial.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton.
Nup"tial, n.; pl. Nuptials (.
Definition: Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural. Celebration of that nuptial, which We two have sworn shall come. Shak. Preparations . . . for the approaching nuptials. Prescott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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