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.
CONSONANCE
consonance, harmoniousness
(noun) the property of sounding harmonious
consonance, consonant rhyme
(noun) the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
consonance (countable and uncountable, plural consonances)
(prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
(chiefly, music) Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance.
Antonyms
• dissonance
• discordance
Source: Wiktionary
Con"so*nance, Con"so*nan*cy, n. Etym: [L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.
2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness. The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. Hammond. The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. Tyndall.
3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.] By the consonancy of our youth. Shak.
Syn.
– Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony; congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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