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.
HOSANNA
hosanna
(noun) a cry of praise or adoration (to God)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Interjection
hosanna
A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.
Noun
hosanna (plural hosannas)
A cry of ‘hosanna’.
Verb
hosanna (third-person singular simple present hosannas, present participle hosannaing, simple past and past participle hosannaed)
(intransitive) To give a cry of ‘hosanna’.
Source: Wiktionary
Ho*san"na, n.; pl. Hosannas. Etym: [Gr. hoshi'ah nnasave now, save, we pray, hoshia' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of yasha') + na, a particle.]
Definition: A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "Hosanna to the Highest." Milton. Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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