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.
SEXTUPLY
Etymology
Adverb
sextuply (not comparable)
In a sextuple fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
SEXTUPLE
Sex"tu*ple, a. Etym: [Formed (in imitation of quadruple) fr. L. sextus sixth: cf. F. sextuple.]
1. Six times as much; sixfold.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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