Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ACCOMPANIMENTS
Noun
accompaniments
plural of accompaniment
Source: Wiktionary
ACCOMPANIMENT
Ac*com"pa*ni*ment, n. Etym: [F. accompagnement.]
Definition: That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.)
Definition: A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. P. Cyc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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