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.
ti, te, si
(noun) the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
tellurium, Te, atomic number
(noun) a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
te (uncountable)
(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
• ta
• B-flat
• li
• -et, ET, Et, et
TE (plural TEs)
(space) Initialism of transporter-erector.
• -et, ET, Et, et
Source: Wiktionary
10 February 2025
(noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
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.