Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ALLELUIA
Etymology
Interjection
alleluia
A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.
Noun
alleluia (plural alleluias)
A liturgical form of hallelujah.
(music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.
The plant wood sorrel.
Verb
alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed)
Alternative spelling of hallelujah
Source: Wiktionary
Al`le*lu"ia, Al`le*lu"iah, n. Etym: [L. alleluia, Gr. hall-yah. See Hallelujah.]
Definition: An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia. Rev. xix. 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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