Dispensatory /(?)/

Dis·pen·sa·to·ry

Dispensatory

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

Dispensatory

n.

pl. Dispensatories

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