mercery

[ mur-suh-ree ]

noun

, British.

, plural mer·cer·ies.

1. a mercer's shop.
2. mercers' wares.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mercery¹

1250–1300; Middle English mercerie < Old French. See mercer, -y ³

Example Sentences

It stands at the end of Mercery Lane, a lofty building with towers at its corners, and two storeys above the archway.

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An old maid at Vernon had sent her to one of her relatives who in this arcade kept a mercery shop which she desired to get rid of.

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The latter have a great many shops of mercery, haberdashery, and millinery.

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This yere was a strife betwene yong men of the Mercery and Lumbardes.

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Lydgate, in his ballad, describes the mercers' and haberdashers' stalls as side by side in the mercery in Chepe.

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