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.
REVERBERATORY
Adjective
reverberatory (comparative more reverberatory, superlative most reverberatory)
Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection
Noun
reverberatory (plural reverberatories)
A reverberatory furnace.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry, a.
Definition: Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative. Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace.
Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry, n.
Definition: A reverberatory furnace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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