There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
THEURGIES
Noun
theurgies
plural of theurgy
Source: Wiktionary
THEURGY
The"ur*gy, n. Etym: [L. theurgia, Gr. théurgie. See Theism, and Work.]
1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.
2. A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
3. In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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