In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ORCHESTRATION
orchestration, instrumentation
(noun) the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments
orchestration
(noun) an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect; “the skillful orchestration of his political campaign”
orchestration
(noun) an arrangement of a piece of music for performance by an orchestra or band
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
orchestration (countable and uncountable, plural orchestrations)
(uncountable, music) The arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra.
(countable, music) A composition that has been orchestrated.
(uncountable, by extension) The control of diverse elements.
(uncountable, by extension, computing) The automated arrangement, coordination, and management of computer systems, middleware, and services.
Source: Wiktionary
Or`ches*tra"tion, n. (Mus.)
Definition: The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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