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.
SEPULCHRALLY
Etymology
Adverb
sepulchrally (comparative more sepulchrally, superlative most sepulchrally)
in a sepulchral manner
Source: Wiktionary
SEPULCHRAL
Se*pul"chral, a. Etym: [L. sepulcralis: cf. F. sépulcral.]
1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.
2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice. This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. H. Sweet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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