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.
HYMNING
Verb
hymning
present participle of hymn
Noun
hymning (plural hymnings)
A singing of hymns.
His voice seemed sweeter than the hymnings raised / By brave and gentle souls in Paradise.
Source: Wiktionary
Hymn"ing, a.
Definition: Praising with hymns; singing. "The hymning choir." G. West.
Hymn"ing, n.
Definition: The singing of hymns. Milton.
HYMN
Hymn, n. Etym: [OE. hympne, ympne, F. hymne, OF. also ymne, L. hymnus, Gr. weave.]
Definition: An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns. Admonishing one another in psalms and hymns. Col. iii. 16. Where angels first should practice hymns, and string Their tuneful harps. Dryden. Hymn book, a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal.
Hymn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hymned; p. pr. & vb. n. Hymning.] Etym: [Cf. L. hymnire, Gr.
Definition: To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing. To hymn the bright of the Lord. Keble. Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine. Byron.
Hymn, v. i.
Definition: To sing in praise or adoration. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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