In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MOTHERHOUSE
Etymology
Noun
motherhouse (plural motherhouses)
The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order or congregation, and/or on which lower ranking houses (such as priories under an abbot) depend.
Anagrams
• housemother
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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