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.
WARTIME
wartime
(noun) a period of time during which there is armed conflict
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wartime (countable and uncountable, plural wartimes)
(often, attributive) A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
Antonyms
• peacetime
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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