In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GLOSSATOR
Noun
glossator (plural glossators)
(historical) A legal scholar of the Middle Ages, specifically one who authored commentaries or glosses on legal texts (often the Corpus Juris of Justinian).
Coordinate terms
• glossatrix
Source: Wiktionary
Glos*sa"tor, n. Etym: [LL. See 3d Gloss.]
Definition: A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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