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.
ROUTEING
Verb
routeing
(British) present participle of route
Noun
routeing (plural routeings)
(British) a method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a transport network
Anagrams
• outering, outreign
Source: Wiktionary
ROUTE
Route (root or rout; 277), n. Etym: [OE. & F. route, OF. rote, fr. L. rupta (sc. via), fr. ruptus, p.p. of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See Rout, and cf. Rut a track.]
Definition: The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march. Wide through the furzy field their route they take. Gay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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