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.
SEMICHORUS
Etymology
Noun
semichorus (plural semichoruses)
(music) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, rather than the full choir.
A small number of selected singers.
Source: Wiktionary
Sem"i*cho`rus, n. (Mus.)
Definition: A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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18 January 2025
SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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