EMPORIUMS

Noun

emporiums

plural of emporium

Source: Wiktionary


EMPORIUM

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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