Formulary

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Formulary \For"mu*la*ry\, a. [Cf. F. formulaire. See {Formula}.]
     Stated; prescribed; ritual.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  formulary
       adj : of or relating to or of the nature of a formula
       n : (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of
           pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods
           of preparation [syn: {pharmacopeia}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FORMULARY. A book of forms or precedents for matters of law; the form.