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.
ALIENISM
alienage, alienism
(noun) the quality of being alien
alienism
(noun) an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
alienism (usually uncountable, plural alienisms)
The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.
A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
Etymology 2
Noun
alienism (uncountable)
(archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.
Anagrams
• Emilians, Milesian
Source: Wiktionary
Al"ien*ism, n.
1. The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage. The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism. Kent.
2. The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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