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.
ADMINISTRATION
administration, judicature
(noun) the act of meting out justice according to the law
administration, giving medication
(noun) the act of administering medication
government, governing, governance, government activity, administration
(noun) the act of governing; exercising authority; “regulations for the governing of state prisons”; “he had considerable experience of government”
administration, disposal
(noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group’s business affairs)
administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; “he claims that the present administration is corrupt”; “the governance of an association is responsible to its members”; “he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment”
presidency, presidential term, administration
(noun) the tenure of a president; “things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
(countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
(uncountable, business) Management.
(uncountable, legal, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
Synonyms
• supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*min`is*tra"tion, n. Etym: [OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.]
1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay.
2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson.
3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
4. (Law) (a) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. (b) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. Administration with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc.
Syn.
– Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution; dispensation; distribution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FELLOW
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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