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.
COMMANDMENT
teaching, precept, commandment
(noun) a doctrine that is taught; “the teachings of religion”; “he believed all the Christian precepts”
commandment
(noun) something that is commanded
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
commandment (countable and uncountable, plural commandments)
(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
(archaic) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
(obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
(legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
Noun
Commandment (plural Commandments)
Any of the Ten Commandments.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*mand"ment, n. Etym: [OF. commandement, F. commandement.]
1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.
2. (Script.)
Definition: One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak.
4. (Law)
Definition: The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. The Commandments, The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EXECUTION
(noun) (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
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