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.
DOMINICAL
dominical
(adjective) of or relating to Sunday as the Lord’s Day
dominical
(adjective) of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
dominical (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to Jesus Christ as Lord.
(rare) Pertaining to the Lord's Day, Sunday.
(historical) Pertaining to the dominical letter, an ancient system for determining Sundays (particularly Easter Sunday) in any given year.
Noun
dominical (plural dominicals)
(obsolete) Sunday.
(obsolete) The Lord's Prayer.
Anagrams
• amnicolid, calmoniid, omnicidal
Source: Wiktionary
Do*min"ic*al, a. Etym: [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See Dame.]
1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.
2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller. Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar.
– Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also Sunday letter. Cf. Solar cycle, under Cycle, n.
Do*min"ic*al, n.
Definition: The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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