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.
GOALWARD
Etymology
Adverb
goalward (comparative more goalward, superlative most goalward)
Toward a goal; toward the goal.
Adjective
goalward (comparative more goalward, superlative most goalward)
Moving toward a goal, or which affects movement theretoward.
Somehow abstractly associated with a goal.
Anagrams
• gaolward
Source: Wiktionary
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