1.
[syn: formulary, pharmacopeia]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to or of the nature of a formula;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Formulary \For"mu*la*ry\, a. [Cf. F. formulaire. See Formula.]
Stated; prescribed; ritual.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Formulary \For"mu*la*ry\, n.; pl. Formularies. [Cf. F.
formulaire.]
1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of
oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formula[ae], etc.; a
book of precedents.
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2. Prescribed form or model; formula.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
formulary
adj 1: of or relating to or of the nature of a formula
n 1: (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of
pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of
preparation; "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part
of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after
acute infections" [syn: formulary, pharmacopeia]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "formulary":
High-Church, Procrustean law, act, authoritative, baptismal, bill,
binding, bylaw, canon, canonical, ceremonial, ceremonious,
ceremony, code, conventionalized, criterion, decree, dictate,
dictated, dictation, didactic, duty, edict, enactment, eucharistic,
extrinsic, form, form of worship, formal, formalist, formalistic,
formality, formula, formular, function, guideline, hard and fast,
holy rite, impersonal, institution, instructive, jus, law,
law of nature, legalistic, legislation, lex, liturgic, liturgistic,
liturgy, mandatory, maxim, measure, mode of worship, mystery,
nominal, norm, norma, observance, office, official,
order of nature, order of worship, ordinance, ordonnance, outward,
paschal, pedantic, practice, preceptive, prescribed,
prescribed form, prescript, prescription, prescriptive, principle,
receipt, recipe, regulation, rite, ritual, ritual observance,
ritualistic, rituality, rubric, rule, ruling, sacrament,
sacramental, sacramentarian, service, set form, solemnity,
standard, standing order, statute, statutory, stylized,
superficial, surface, universal law
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
FORMULARY. A book of forms or precedents for matters of law; the form.