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Dispensatory
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
(2):
(n.) A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dispensatory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dispensatory.html. 1828.