Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius
(noun) Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church’s treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
