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.
PRECATIVE
precatory, precative
(adjective) expressing entreaty or supplication; “precatory overtures”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
precative (comparative more precative, superlative most precative)
Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
Noun
precative (plural precatives)
(grammar) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer.
Synonyms
• precatory
Anagrams
• preactive, recaptive
Source: Wiktionary
Pre"ca*tive, Pre"ca*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. precativus, precatorius, fr. precari to pray. See Precarious.]
Definition: Suppliant; beseeching. Bp. Hopkins. Precatory words (Law), words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some cases creating a trust. Jarman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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