Definition of Emporeum
Em*po"ri*um (?), n.; pl.
Emporiums (#), L. Emporia (#).
[L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; belonging to commerce, fr. &?; traveler,
trader; &?; in + &?; way through and over, path. See In, and
Empiric, Fare.] 1. A place of
trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive
commerce; the commercial center of a country.
That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was
then a mean and ill-built market town.
Macaulay.
It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our
emporiums, our theathers. Knox.
2. (Physiol.) The brain.
[Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A shop that offers a wide variety of goods, often used facetiously.
- A department store.
- A market place or trading centre, particularly of an ancient city.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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