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.
PIETY
piety, piousness
(noun) righteousness by virtue of being pious
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
piety (countable and uncountable, plural pieties)
(uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.
(uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
(countable) A devout act or thought.
(countable) A belief that is accepted unthinkingly and with undue reverence.
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"e*ty, n. Etym: [F. piété; cf. It. pietà ; both fr. L. pietas piety, fr. pius pious. See Pious, and cf. Pity.]
1. Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service. Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. Rambler.
2. Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc. Conferred upon me for the piety Which to my country I was judged to have shown. Milton.
Syn.
– Religion; sanctity; devotion; godliness; holiness. See Religion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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