starets
(noun) a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Source: WordNet® 3.1
starets (plural staretses or startsy)
An elder of a monastery in the Russian Orthodox Church who functions as an adviser and teacher.
• Satters, Strates, starest, staters, tasters
Source: Wiktionary
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
