vox humana

Definition

An organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice.

Etymology

From Latin vōx hūmāna.

Example Sentences

• "Let me take this other glove off / As the vox humana swells, / And the beauteous fields of Eden / Bask beneath the Abbey bells."
• "While on maneuvers in South Carolina, Billy played hymns he knew from childhood, played them on a little black organ which was waterproof. It had thirty-nine keys and two stops — vox humana and vox celeste.^([sic])"