In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
EXCOMMUNICATING
Verb
excommunicating
present participle of excommunicate
Source: Wiktionary
EXCOMMUNICATE
Ex"com*mu"ni*cate, a. Etym: [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate.]
Definition: Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
– n.
Definition: One excommunicated. Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak.
Ex`com*mu"ni*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excommunicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excommunicating.]
1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.
2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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