a. Obs. [f. EMPORI-UM + -AL.] Of or pertaining to an emporium; having the character or function of an emporium.
1604. T. Wright, Passions, Pref. Great Citties (specially Emporiall) affoord … all sorts of politique prudence.
1802. Month. Mag., XIII. 12. Knives may have been brought … by the Phœnicians, and sold at their emporial sea-towns in the Isle of Wight and in Cornwall.
