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cause⋅way

  [kawz-wey]
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–noun
1. a raised road or path, as across low or wet ground.
2. a highway or paved way.
–verb (used with object)
3. to pave (a road or street) with cobblestones or pebbles.
4. to provide with a causeway.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see causey, way
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cause·way   (kôz'wā')   
n.  

  1. A raised roadway, as across water or marshland.

  2. A paved highway.


[Middle English caucewei : cauce, raised road (from Norman French caucie, from Medieval Latin calciāta (via), paved (road), from Latin calx, calc-, limestone; see calx) + wei, road (variant of way; see way).]
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Word Origin & History

causeway 
1571, from M.E. cauceweye, first element from Anglo-Norm. cauce, from V.L. *calciata via "paved way," from L. calcis, gen. of calx "limestone," or L.L. calciare "to stamp with the heels, tread" (on notion of a road or mound across marshy ground made firm by treading down).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Causeway

a raised way, an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion and the temple (1 Chr. 26:16, 18). In 2 Chr. 9:11 the same word is translated "terrace."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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