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.
TERRENE
mundane, terrene
(adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”; “so terrene a being as himself”
tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene
(adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
terrene (comparative more terrene, superlative most terrene)
Pertaining to the earth; earthly, terrestrial, worldly, as opposed to heavenly, marine.
• Sir Walter Raleigh
Noun
terrene
(poetic) The Earth's surface; the earth; the ground.
• Tenfold the length of this terrene. — Milton.
Etymology 2
Noun
terrene (plural terrenes)
Dated form of tureen.
Anagrams
• enterer, re-enter, re-entre, reenter, reentre, reĂ«nter, terreen
Source: Wiktionary
Ter*rene", n.
Definition: A tureen. [Obs.] Walpole.
Ter*rene", a. Etym: [L. terrenus, fr. terra the earth. See Terrace.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance. Holland.
2. Earthy; terrestrial. God set before him a mortal and immortal life, a nature celestial and terrene. Sir W. Raleigh. Be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb, and terrene honor. O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance, quoted by Blackstone. Common conceptions of the matters which lie at the basis of our terrene experience. Hickok.
Ter*rene", n. Etym: [L. terrenum land, ground: cf. F. terrain.]
1. The earth's surface; the earth. [Poetic] Tenfold the length of this terrene. Milton.
2. (Surv.)
Definition: The surface of the ground.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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