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.
WORLDWIDE
cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
(adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability; “an issue of cosmopolitan import”; “the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time”- Christopher Morley; “universal experience”
worldwide, world-wide
(adjective) spanning or extending throughout the entire world; “worldwide distribution”; “a worldwide epidemic”
global, planetary, world, worldwide, world-wide
(adjective) involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; “global war”; “global monetary policy”; “neither national nor continental but planetary”; “a world crisis”; “of worldwide significance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
worldwide (comparative more worldwide, superlative most worldwide)
Spanning the world.
Synonyms
• global
Adverb
worldwide (not comparable)
Throughout the world
Synonyms
• globally, internationally, around the world
Source: Wiktionary
World"-wide`, a.
Definition: Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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