dispensatory adjective. [dɪ'spɛnsǝt(ǝ)ri] M17.
[Late Latin dispensatorius, from Latin dispensator DISPENSATOR: see -ORY¹. In sense 2 from medieval Latin eccl. use.]
1. (Of power) exercised by virtue of office; of or pertaining to an administrator or administration. M-L17.

2. That gives dispensations; able to dispense with laws or rules. M17.

■ dispensatorily adverb by dispensation M17.

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dispensatory noun. [dɪ'spɛnsǝt(ǝ)ri] M16.
[medieval Latin dispensatorium storeroom, pantry, pharmacopoeia, use as noun of neut. of late Latin dispensatorius: see DISPENSATORY adjective.]
1. A book containing a list of medicines with directions for their use and sometimes their composition and preparation; a pharmacopoeia. M16.

2. A dispensary; gen. a place where something is dispensed or given out. Now rare or obsolete. L16.

3. = DISPENSARY 2. M17-M18.

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