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.
EXPERIENTIAL
experiential, existential
(adjective) derived from experience or the experience of existence; “the rich experiential content of the teachings of the older philosophers”- Benjamin Farrington; “formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters”- John Dewey
experiential
(adjective) relating to or resulting from experience; “a personal, experiential reality”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
experiential (comparative more experiential, superlative most experiential)
Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pe`ri*en"tial, a.
Definition: Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge. It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is divan to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning. Sir. W. Hamiltion.
– Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. DR. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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