formulary

[ fawr-myuh-ler-ee ]

noun

, plural for·mu·lar·ies.

1. a collection or system of formulas.
2. a set form of words; formula.
3. Pharmacology. a book listing pharmaceutical substances and formulas for making medicinal preparations.
4. a list of prescription drugs covered by a health insurance plan:

   You can search the online drug formulary to see if your prescriptions are covered by the plan.

5. Ecclesiastical. a book containing prescribed forms used in the service of a church.

adjective

1. of or relating to a formula or formulas:

   the formulary aspect of a science.

2. of the nature of a formula:

   He dispenses easy, formulary solutions to our problems.

formulary

/ ˈfɔːmjʊlərɪ /

noun

1. a book or system of prescribed formulas, esp relating to religious procedure or doctrine
2. a formula
3. pharmacol a book containing a list of pharmaceutical products, with their formulas and means of preparation

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a formula

Word History and Origins

Origin of formulary¹

1535–45; < Middle French formulaire; formula, -ary

Example Sentences

He made a draught of a kind of Formulary, in which the Catholics and Protestants were to join: it was this.

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He on the roof was seated at a table studying a paper with the signs of the Zodiac in the usual formulary of a nativity.

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Democratic Socialism has, hitherto at least, adopted on its party programme no formulary of the normal working-day required by it.

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This formulary may be considered specially successful and almost conclusive.

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I have written against the formulary and the pope, and I thought myself a confessor.

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