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.
FEDERATIVELY
Etymology
Adverb
federatively (not comparable)
In a federative way.
Source: Wiktionary
FEDERATIVE
Fed"er*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. fédératif.]
Definition: Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. "A federative society." Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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