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.
SUBMEDIANT
submediant
(noun) (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
submediant (plural submediants)
(music) The sixth note of a scale, shown as VI.
Synonyms
• superdominant
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*me"di*ant, n. (Mus.)
Definition: The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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