Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dispensatory

Dispensatory , adjective

[Latin dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense, transitive verb]

Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations.
Dispensatory power. — Bp. Rainbow

Dispensatory ({not transcribed}) , noun

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 pharmacopoia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.