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.
SUPPLETORY
Noun
suppletory (plural suppletories)
A source of supply.
A supplement.
Adjective
suppletory (comparative more suppletory, superlative most suppletory)
Supplying deficiencies; supplementary.
a suppletory oath
Source: Wiktionary
Sup"ple*tive, Sup"ple*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. supplétif, LL. suppletivus, from L. supplere, suppletum, to fill up. See Supply.]
Definition: Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.
Sup"ple*to*ry, n.; pl. Suppletories (.
Definition: That which is to supply what is wanted. Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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