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.
PARSONICAL
Adjective
parsonical (comparative more parsonical, superlative most parsonical)
parsonic
Source: Wiktionary
Par*son"ic, Par*son"ic*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a parson; clerical. Vainglory glowed in his parsonic heart. Colman.
– Par*son"ic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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