In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CHOROLOGY
Etymology
Noun
chorology (countable and uncountable, plural chorologies)
The spatial equivalent to chronology; the science of determining the order in which places or regions occur or are constructed.
(biology) The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.
Source: Wiktionary
Cho*rol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Biol.)
Definition: The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc. Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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