DISPENSATORY

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.

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 pharmacopoeia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.