The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CONSONANCY
Noun
consonancy (countable and uncountable, plural consonancies)
(obsolete) consistency; congruity
The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity.
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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