In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
VEHEMENCY
Etymology
Noun
vehemency (countable and uncountable, plural vehemencies)
(archaic) Vehemence.
Preachers know that the emotion which surpriseth them whilst they are in their earnest speech doth animate them towards belief, and that being angrie we more violently give our selves to defend our proposition, emprint it in our selves, and embrace the same with more vehemencie and approbation than we did being in our temperate and reposed sense.
Source: Wiktionary
Ve"he*men*cy, n.
Definition: Vehemence. [R.] The vehemency of your affection. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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