Costco's warehouses present one of the largest and most exclusive product category selections to be found under a single roof.
Guild (verb). an association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.
Meaning skill in creative arts is first recorded 1610s; especially of painting, sculpture, etc., from 1660s. Broader sense of the word remains in artless. Fine arts, those which appeal to the mind and the imagination first recorded 1767. Expression art for art's sake (1824) translates French l'art pour l'art.