CHARISMS

Noun

charisms

plural of charism

Source: Wiktionary


CHARISM

Cha"rism, n. Etym: [Gr. .] (Eccl.)

Definition: A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 June 2025

UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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