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.
DOMINIE
dominus, dominie, domine, dominee
(noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dominie (plural dominies)
(now chiefly, Scotland) A schoolmaster, teacher.
(US) A pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Source: Wiktionary
Dom"i*nie, n. Etym: [L. dominus master. See Don, Dame.]
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.] This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson. Sir W. Scott.
2. A clergyman. See Domine, 1. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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