The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
symposium
(noun) a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
symposia
plural of symposium
Source: Wiktionary
Sym*po"si*um, n.; pl. Symposia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]
1. A drinking together; a merry feast. T. Warton.
2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 November 2024
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.