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.
CONTRAPUNTAL
polyphonic, contrapuntal
(adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
contrapuntal
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint; “contrapuntal base”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
contrapuntal (comparative more contrapuntal, superlative most contrapuntal)
Of or in counterpoint.
(music) Of or relating to counterpoint.
(music, of a piece of music) With two or more independent melodic lines.
Source: Wiktionary
Con`tra*pun"tal, a. Etym: [It. contrappunto counterpoint. See Counterpoint.] (Mus.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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