In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
NUNCIATURES
Noun
nunciatures
plural of nunciature
Source: Wiktionary
NUNCIATURE
Nun"ci*a*ture, n. Etym: [L. nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, fr. nuncius, nuntius, messenger: cf. F. nonciature, It. nunziatura. See Nuncio.]
Definition: The office of a nuncio. Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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