A buffet is a style of service where a meal is served and arranged on a table, so that the diners serve themselves the food. The word, as such, comes from the French buffet , and originally referred to the sideboard, that is, the furniture destined to store the dishes. The buffet or buffet service is a method of service used when a large number of diners […]
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Attic can refer to a window located on the roof of a house or the highest part of a building or house, immediately to the roof, arranged as a room or warehouse. Attic, as such, is the diminutive of buharda. Buharda derives from a scarf, which was the name given to a vent that used to be made in houses […]
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The bull is a papal document, issued by the pope or by the Apostolic Chancellery, which deals with matters related to faith, concessions of thanks or privileges, as well as judicial or administrative matters. The word, as such, comes from the Latin bulla , which means ‘bubble’. Bulls are used to express various mandates: ordinances, constitutions, judgments of the Church, condemnations, […]
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