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.
ROUTES
Noun
routes
plural of route
Verb
routes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of route
Anagrams
• Souter, Toures, ouster, outers, rouets, souter, touser, trouse
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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