mercery

[ mur-suh-ree ]

/ ˈmɜr sə ri /

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noun, plural mer·cer·ies.British.

a mercer's shop.

mercers' wares.

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Origin of mercery

1250–1300; Middle English mercerie<Old French. See mercer, -y³

Words nearby mercery

Mercedes, mercenary, mercer, Mercer Island, mercerize, mercery, merch, merchandise, merchandiser, merchandising, merchandize

How to use mercery in a sentence

It stands at the end of Mercery Lane, a lofty building with towers at its corners, and two storeys above the archway.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.].|Hartley Withers
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.
Therese Raquin|Emile Zola
The latter have a great many shops of mercery, haberdashery, and millinery.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
This yere was a strife betwene yong men of the Mercery and Lumbardes.
A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483|Anonymous

Lydgate, in his ballad, describes the mercers' and haberdashers' stalls as side by side in the mercery in Chepe.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury