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.
DIVISIONAL
divisional
(adjective) constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit; “American divisional (fractional) coins include the dime and the nickel”; “fractional currency is currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit”
divisional
(adjective) serving to divide or marking a division; “the divisional line between two states”
divisional
(adjective) of or relating to a military division; “divisional artillery”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
divisional (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to a division.
Of or pertaining to the process of division.
Noun
divisional (plural divisionals)
(US, sports) A playoff determining the winning team from a particular division.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*vi"sion*al, a.
Definition: That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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