According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
GRADATORY
gradational, gradatory, graduated
(adjective) taking place by degrees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gradatory (plural gradatories)
(architecture) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
Adjective
gradatory (comparative more gradatory, superlative most gradatory)
Proceeding step by step; gradual.
• A. Seward
(zoology) Suitable for walking; said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
Source: Wiktionary
Grad"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [See Grade.]
1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. A. Seward.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
Grad"a*to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.)
Definition: A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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