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.
REGIMENTALLY
regimentally
(adverb) in a regimental manner or by regiments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
regimentally (not comparable)
In or by a regiment or regiments.
Source: Wiktionary
Reg`i*men"tal*ly, adv.
Definition: In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.
REGIMENTAL
Reg`i*men"tal (-mn"tal), a.
Definition: Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing. Regimental school, in the British army, a school for the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and their children, in the rudimentary branches of education.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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