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Dispensatory

//dɪsˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.

    "The dispenser [is] the Son of man; the author of his dispensatory power, God the Father."

Noun
  1. 1
    A book containing a systematic description of drugs and of preparations made from them.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dispēnsātōrius, and the noun dispēnsātōrium. Compare Latin dispēnsātor, dispēnsō and English dispense.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin dispēnsātōrius, and the noun dispēnsātōrium. Compare Latin dispēnsātor, dispēnsō and English dispense.

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