The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PRELATIZE
Etymology
Verb
prelatize (third-person singular simple present prelatizes, present participle prelatizing, simple past and past participle prelatized)
(intransitive) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.
(transitive) To bring under the influence of prelacy.
Source: Wiktionary
Prel"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Prelatizing.]
Definition: To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey.
Prel"a*tize, v. i.
Definition: To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions. An episcopacy that began then to prelatize. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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