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.
BYWAY
byway, bypath, byroad
(noun) a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
byway (plural byways)
a road that is not frequently travelled
(by extension) an unpopular or arcane field of study
Source: Wiktionary
By"way`, n.
Definition: A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. " Take no byways." Herbert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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