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.
DICASTERY
Etymology
Noun
dicastery (plural dicasteries)
A ministry or department of the papal Curia, whether an administrative department of the Vatican City State, or a strictly ecclesiastical department of the Catholic Church.
A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*cas"ter*y, n. Etym: [Gr. Dicast.]
Definition: A court of justice; judgment hall. [R.] J. S. Mill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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