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.
WORTHFUL
valuable, worthful
(adjective) having worth or merit or value; “a valuable friend”; “a good and worthful man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
worthful (comparative more worthful, superlative most worthful)
Full of worth, merit or value.
Anagrams
• wrothful
Source: Wiktionary
Worth"ful, a.
Definition: Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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