dispensatory

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dispensatory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dispensatory \Dis*pen"sa*to*ry\, a. [L. dispensatorius relating
     to management. See Dispense, v. t.]
     Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
     "Dispensatory power." --Bp. Rainbow.
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  Dispensatory \Dis*pen"sa*to*ry\, n.; pl. Dispensatories.
     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[oe]ia in that it issued by private parties, and not
     by an official body or by government.
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