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.
TENET
dogma, tenet
(noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tenet (plural tenets)
An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
Anagrams
• etten
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"et, n. Etym: [L. tenet he holds, fr. tenere to hold. See Tenable.]
Definition: Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero. That al animals of the land are in their kind in the sea, . . . is a tenet very questionable. Sir T. Browne. The religious tenets of his family he had early renounced with contempt. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Dogma; doctrine; opinion; principle; position. See Dogma.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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