1. A book or reference work that lists and describes medicinal drugs, their properties, preparation, and uses; a pharmacopoeia.
Usage: archaic or specialized medical/pharmaceutical term; historically used in medical education and pharmacy

1. Relating to or serving the purpose of dispensing or distributing medicines or remedies.
Usage: rare; chiefly historical

Examples

• The old dispensatory contained detailed instructions for compounding herbal remedies.
• Medical students consulted the dispensatory to understand drug interactions.
• The hospital's dispensatory section outlined approved pharmaceutical preparations.
• A dispensatory function was essential to the apothecary's role in medieval times.
• The dispensatory listed over five hundred medicinal substances and their applications.