EMPORIUM

emporium. Emporium, n. a seat of merchandise, a mart

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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. 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 . . . was then a mean and ill-built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox. 2. 2. (Physiol.) The brain.