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   Emporium , 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.]
   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.
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   It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers.
   Knox.
   
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   (Physiol.) The brain. [Obs.]
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