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.
PICTURAL
pictorial, pictural
(adjective) pertaining to or consisting of pictures; “pictorial perspective”; “pictorial records”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pictural (plural picturals)
(obsolete) A picture.
Adjective
pictural (comparative more pictural, superlative most pictural)
pictorial
Source: Wiktionary
Pic"tur*al, a.
Definition: Pictorial. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Pic"tur*al, n.
Definition: A picture. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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