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.
SATISFACTORY
satisfactory, acceptable, decent
(adjective) meeting requirements; “the step makes a satisfactory seat”; “I would kill for a decent cup of coffee”; “a decent wage”
satisfactory
(adjective) giving satisfaction; “satisfactory living conditions”; “his grades were satisfactory”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
satisfactory (comparative more satisfactory, superlative most satisfactory)
Done to satisfaction; adequate or sufficient.
Causing satisfaction; agreeable or pleasant.
(theology) Making atonement for a sin; expiatory.
Source: Wiktionary
Sat`is*fac"to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. satisfactoire.]
1. Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.
2. Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology. A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorius death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ. Bp. Sanderson.
– Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ty, adv.
– Sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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