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.
PROPITIATORILY
Etymology
Adverb
propitiatorily (comparative more propitiatorily, superlative most propitiatorily)
By way of propitiation.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ri*ly, adv.
Definition: By way of propitiation.
PROPITIATORY
Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. propitiatorius: cf. F. propitiatoire.]
Definition: Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp.
Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry, n. Etym: [L. propitiatorium.] (Jewish Antiq.)
Definition: The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah. Bp. Pearson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ELOQUENCE
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