In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
EMPORIUM
Etymology
Noun
emporium (plural emporiums or emporia)
(also, figuratively) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.
(historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).
(by extension, obsolete) The brain.
Anagrams
• pomerium, proemium
Proper noun
Emporium
A county seat borough, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Anagrams
• pomerium, proemium
Source: Wiktionary
Em*po"ri*um, n.; pl. Emporiums, L. Emporia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. 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.)
Definition: The brain. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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