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Formulary   /fˈɔrmjəlˌɛri/   Listen
Formulary

noun
(pl. formularies)
1.
(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation.  Synonym: pharmacopeia.






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"Formulary" Quotes from Famous Books



... marriage, Queen Satine gave the King, her husband, a daughter who received the names of Paule-Marie-Aurore. The baptismal festivities were planned by the Duc des Hoisons, grand master of the ceremonies, in accordance with a formulary dating from the Emperor Honorius, which was so mildewed and so nibbled by rats that it was impossible ...
— The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin - 1920 • Anatole France

... God, and cannot consent even to pray without placing their own thoughts and language, however ill-digested and crude, uppermost in the business of the moment. Do not such persons know that, as respects united worship, their own prayers are, to all intents and purposes, a formulary to their listeners, with the disadvantage of being received without preparation or direction to the mind?—nay, too often substituting a critical and prurient curiosity for humble and intelligent prayer? In these later times, when Christianity is re-assuming the ...
— Miles Wallingford - Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" • James Fenimore Cooper

... environs of Rome where they perform a sacred dance and recite a prayer; this is written in an archaic language which no one any longer comprehends, so much so that at the beginning of the ceremony a written formulary must be given to each of the priests. And yet, ever since the time that they ceased to comprehend it, they continued to chant it without change. This is because the Romans hold before all to the letter of the law in dealing with their ...
— History Of Ancient Civilization • Charles Seignobos



Words linked to "Formulary" :   materia medica, formula, pharmacology, book, pharmacological medicine



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