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.
EARSHOT
earshot, earreach, hearing
(noun) the range within which a voice can be heard; “the children were told to stay within earshot”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
earshot (usually uncountable, plural earshots)
A distance from which sound is still audible.
Anagrams
• asthore, haroset, soareth, toshear
Source: Wiktionary
Ear"shot`, n.
Definition: Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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