In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CONTROLMENT
Etymology
Noun
controlment (countable and uncountable, plural controlments)
(obsolete) Control.
I will advance, with well-dissembled fear […]
Source: Wiktionary
Con*trol"ment, n.
1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence. You may do it without controlment. Shak.
2. Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs.] Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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