The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
EUMENIDES
Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes
(noun) (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Eu*men"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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