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.
ENSEMBLE
ensemble
(noun) a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)
ensemble, tout ensemble
(noun) an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole
ensemble
(noun) a group of musicians playing or singing together; “a string ensemble”
ensemble, supporting players
(noun) a cast other than the principals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ensemble (plural ensembles)
A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
(fashion) A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
(collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
(music) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
(mathematics, physics) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
(machine learning) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.
Verb
ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)
To put together in a coordinated whole.
(music) To perform in a musical ensemble.
Source: Wiktionary
En`sem"ble, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: The whole; all the parts taken together.
En`sem"ble, adv. Etym: [F.]
Definition: All at once; together.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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