PRIESTLINESS

Etymology

Noun

priestliness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being like a priest.

Anagrams

• spriteliness

Source: Wiktionary


Priest"li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being priestly. R. Browning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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