The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
DODECATEMORY
Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry, n. Etym: [Gr. dodécatémorie.] (Astron.)
Definition: A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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