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.
CONDUIT
conduit
(noun) a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; “the computers were connected through a system of conduits”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conduit (plural conduits)
A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
A means by which something is transmitted.
(finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.
Anagrams
• duction, noctuid
Source: Wiktionary
Con"duit ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct.]
1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid. All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak. This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke.
2. (Arch.) (a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. Oxf. Gloss. (b) A narrow passage for private communication.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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