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.
LEGALITY
legality
(noun) lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
legality (countable and uncountable, plural legalities)
Lawfulness.
Antonyms
• illegality
Source: Wiktionary
Le*gal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. legalitas, F. légalité. Cf. Loyalty.]
1. The state or quality of being letter of the law.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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