In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DESPIRITUALIZE
Etymology
Verb
despiritualize (third-person singular simple present despiritualizes, present participle despiritualizing, simple past and past participle despiritualized)
To remove the spiritual element from.
The translators were accused of despiritualizing the holy text.
Source: Wiktionary
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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