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.
MONITIVE
Adjective
monitive (comparative more monitive, superlative most monitive)
Conveying admonition; admonitory.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"i*tive, a.
Definition: Conveying admonition; admonitory. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOMETIME
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
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