The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EPISCOPIZE
Verb
episcopize (third-person singular simple present episcopizes, present participle episcopizing, simple past and past participle episcopized)
(intransitive) To perform the duties of a bishop.
(transitive) To make a bishop of by consecration.
Source: Wiktionary
E*pis"co*pize, v. t.
Definition: To make a bishop of by consecration. Southey.
E*pis"co*pize, v. i.
Definition: To perform the duties of a bishop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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