formulary

[ fawr-myuh-ler-ee ]

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noun,plural for·mu·lar·ies.

a collection or system of formulas.
a set form of words; formula.

Pharmacology. a book listing pharmaceutical substances and formulas for making medicinal preparations.
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.
Ecclesiastical. a book containing prescribed forms used in the service of a church.

adjective

of or relating to a formula or formulas: the formulary aspect of a science.
of the nature of a formula: He dispenses easy, formulary solutions to our problems.

Origin of formulary

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

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How to use formulary in a sentence

Grow added that it can take time for new contraceptives to be covered because formularies are typically developed several months before each benefit year.
Why It's So Hard to the Get Birth Control You Want Covered by Insurance | Abigail Abrams | April 25, 2022 | TIme
He made a draught of a kind of formulary, in which the Catholics and Protestants were to join: it was this.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius | Jean Lvesque de Burigny
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.
The Prince of India, Volume I | Lew. Wallace
Democratic Socialism has, hitherto at least, adopted on its party programme no formulary of the normal working-day required by it.
The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection | Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schffle
This formulary may be considered specially successful and almost conclusive.
The Theory and Policy of Labour Protection | Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schffle

I have written against the formulary and the pope, and I thought myself a confessor.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for formulary

formulary

/ (ˈfɔːmjʊlərɪ) /

nounplural -laries

a book or system of prescribed formulas, esp relating to religious procedure or doctrine
a formula

pharmacol a book containing a list of pharmaceutical products, with their formulas and means of preparation

adjective

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

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