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.
APOSTATE
apostate
(adjective) not faithful to religion or party or cause
deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter
(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
apostate (not comparable)
Guilty of apostasy.
Noun
apostate (plural apostates)
A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
(Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
Synonyms
• deconvert
• recreant
• withersake
• murtad
Source: Wiktionary
A*pos"tate, n. Etym: [L. apostata, Gr. Apostasy.]
1. One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
A*pos"tate, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. Milton. A wretched and apostate state. Steele.
A*pos"tate, v. i. Etym: [L. apostatare.]
Definition: To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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