The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
sacrists
plural of sacrist
Source: Wiktionary
Sa"crist, n. Etym: [LL. sacrista. See Sacristan.]
Definition: A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 February 2025
(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.