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.
REVERENTIAL
respectful, reverential, venerating
(adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
reverential (comparative more reverential, superlative most reverential)
Showing or characterized by reverence; respectful.
Synonym: reverent
Antonym: irreverential
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Source: Wiktionary
Rev`er*en"tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. révérenciel. See Reverence.]
Definition: Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe. "A reverential esteem of things sacred." South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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