dispensatory

American  

[dih-spen-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / dɪˈspɛn səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

noun

plural

dispensatories

1. a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.

2. a dispensary.

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dispensatory British  

/ dɪˈspɛnsətərɪ, -trɪ /

noun

1. a book listing the composition, preparation, and application of various drugs

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adjective

1. of or involving dispensation

Etymology

Origin of dispensatory

1560–70; < Medieval Latin dispēnsātōrium, Late Latin dispēnsātōrius of management, equivalent to Latin dispēnsā ( re ) ( dispense ) + -tōrium -tory ²

Example Sentences

In a medical dispensatory of the times the different varieties of medicines used in New England are enumerated.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

She tinctured all his thoughts; she was the compound extract of all that was chemically pure and officinal—the dispensatory contained nothing equal to her.

From The Four Million by Henry, O.

The sooner the correct nomenclature is used in perfumery, as well as in the allied arts, the better, and the fewer blunders will be made in the dispensatory.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

According to the label, the British Oil was made in conformity with the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy formula given in an outdated edition of the United States dispensatory.

From Old English Patent Medicines in America by Griffenhagen, George B.

Part, or Doron Medicum,/ by Salmon Doron medicum: or, A supplement to the new London dispensatory.

From The Library of William Congreve by Hodges, John Cunyus