In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
secularized
simple past tense and past participle of secularize
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Secularizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. séculaiser.]
1. To convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a monk.
2. To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property. At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe.
3. To make worldly or unspiritual. Bp. Horsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.