Found 2 items, similar to Emporium.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: emporium
emporium
n : a large retail store organized into departments offering a
variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
[syn:
department store]
[also:
emporia (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Emporium
Emporium
\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.
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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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