EMPORIUM
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Em*po"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Emporiums (#), L. Emporia (#). [L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; belonging to commerce, fr. &unr_; traveler, trader; &unr_; in + &unr_; 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.
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That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill-built market town.
Macaulay.
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It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers.
Knox.
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2. (Physiol.) The brain. [Obs.]
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