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.
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. (Physiol.) The brain.