formulary

[ fawr-myuh-ler-ee ]

noun

, plural for·mu·lar·ies.

1. a collection or system of formulas.
2. a set form of words; formula.
3. Pharmacology. a book listing pharmaceutical substances and formulas for making medicinal preparations.
4. a list of prescription drugs covered by a health insurance plan:

   You can search the online drug formulary to see if your prescriptions are covered by the plan.

5. Ecclesiastical. a book containing prescribed forms used in the service of a church.

adjective

1. of or relating to a formula or formulas:

   the formulary aspect of a science.

2. of the nature of a formula:

   He dispenses easy, formulary solutions to our problems.

formulary

/ ˈfɔːmjʊlərɪ /

noun

1. a book or system of prescribed formulas, esp relating to religious procedure or doctrine
2. a formula
3. pharmacol a book containing a list of pharmaceutical products, with their formulas and means of preparation

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a formula

Word History and Origins

Origin of formulary¹

1535–45; < Middle French formulaire; formula, -ary

Example Sentences

Grow added that it can take time for new contraceptives to be covered because formularies are typically developed several months before each benefit year.

From TIme

He made a draught of a kind of Formulary, in which the Catholics and Protestants were to join: it was this.

From Project Gutenberg

He on the roof was seated at a table studying a paper with the signs of the Zodiac in the usual formulary of a nativity.

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Democratic Socialism has, hitherto at least, adopted on its party programme no formulary of the normal working-day required by it.

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This formulary may be considered specially successful and almost conclusive.

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I have written against the formulary and the pope, and I thought myself a confessor.

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