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.
REGALLY
regally
(adverb) in a regal manner; “a regally appropriate representative”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
regally (comparative more regally, superlative most regally)
In a regal manner, in the way of, or befitting, royalty.
Synonyms
• (in a regal manner): grandly, princely, royally
Anagrams
• allergy, gallery, largely
Source: Wiktionary
Re"gal*ly (r"gal*l), adv.
Definition: In a regal or royal manner.
REGAL
Re"gal (r"gal), a. Etym: [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton.
Syn.
– Kingly; royal. See Kingly.
Re"gal, n. Etym: [F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.] (Mus.)
Definition: A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
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