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.
PENOLOGY
penology, poenology
(noun) the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
penology (countable and uncountable, plural penologies)
Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. poena, punishment + -logy.]
Definition: The science or art of punishment. [Written also poenology.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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