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.
RITUAL
ritual
(adjective) of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; “a ritual dance of Haiti”; “sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties”- Nadine Gordimer
ritual
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; “ritual killing”
ritual
(noun) stereotyped behavior
ritual, rite
(noun) any customary observance or practice
ritual
(noun) the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)
Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
Noun
ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)
rite; a repeated set of actions
Anagrams
• litura
Source: Wiktionary
Rit"u*al, a.Etym: [L. ritualis, fr. ritus a rite: cf. F. rituel.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
Rit"u*al, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rituel.]
1. A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual.
2. Hence, the code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the freemasons.
3. A book containing the rites to be observed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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