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.
DULOCRACY
Etymology
Noun
dulocracy (countable and uncountable, plural dulocracies)
A government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer; predominance of slaves.
Source: Wiktionary
Du*loc"ra*cy, n.
Definition: See Doulocracy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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