The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pathway \Path"way\, n.
   A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used
   figuratively. --Shak.
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         In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway
         thereof is no death.                     --Prov. xii.
                                                  28.
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         We tread the pathway arm in arm.         --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pathway
    n 1: a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path
         through the brain [syn: nerve pathway, tract, nerve
         tract, pathway]
    2: a trodden path [syn: pathway, footpath]