Dis·pen·sa·to·ry a.  Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. “Dispensatory power.”
 Dis·pen·sa·to·ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories  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.
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