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.
SYSTEMIC
systemic
(adjective) affecting an entire system; “a systemic poison”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
systemic (not comparable)
Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
(physiology) Pertaining to an entire organism.
Synonym: holistic
Usage notes
Not to be confused with systematic (“methodical”).
Antonyms
• topical
• (widespread, prevalent): endemic
Source: Wiktionary
Sys*tem"ic, a.
1. Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood.
2. (Anat. & Physiol.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases. Systemic death. See the Note under Death, n., 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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