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.
PHONATION
voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
(noun) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; “a singer takes good care of his voice”; “the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
phonation (countable and uncountable, plural phonations)
(phonetics) The process of producing vocal sound by the vibration of the vocal folds that is in turn modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
Source: Wiktionary
Pho*na"tion, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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