In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PELAGIANS
PELAGIAN
Pe*la"gi*an, a. Etym: [L. pelagius, Gr. pƩlagien.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.
Pe*la"gi*an, n. Etym: [L. Pelagianus: cf. F. pƩlagien.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace.
Pe*la"gi*an, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pƩlagien.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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