A variant or rare form, possibly referring to wares of emporia or merchandise related to trade.
This appears to be a rare or possibly obsolete variant formation from 'emporium', though it is not widely documented in standard etymological sources.
This word is so obscure that even most comprehensive dictionaries don't include it—it's a linguistic ghost, possibly a historical variant that faded from use as English standardized its vocabulary for commerce.
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