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FORMULA

Volume 7 · 55 words · 1797 Edition

or FORMULARY, a rule or model, or certain terms prescribed or decreed by authority, for the form and manner of an act, instrument, proceeding, or the like.

in church-history and theology, signifies a profession of faith.

in medicine, imports the constitution of medicines, either simple or compound, both with respect to their prescription and confidence.