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mercatorial, a.1 Now rare.|mɜːkəˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. L. mercātōri-us (f. mercātor merchant, agent-n. f. mercārī: see merchant) + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to merchants or merchandise; mercantile.
mercatorial guild (Antiq.): transl. of med.L. gilda mercatoria, more commonly rendered ‘guild merchant’.
c1700J. Bennet (title) The National Merchant,..being an Essay for Regulating and Improving the Trade and Plantations of Great Britain, by Uniting the National and Mercatorial Interests. 1796R. Bage Hermsprong lii. 231 Whose father..had sent this son upon a mercatorial tour to Europe. 1817–23J. H. Hanshall Hist. Co. Chester 490–1 in Gross Gild Merch. (1890) II. 174 There was established here [sc. Nantwich] soon after the Conquest a Mercatorial Guild. 1823Blackw. Mag. XIV. 541 A country whose mercatorial advantages he so highly extols. |
