formulary

& s. [Fr. formula ire, from Lat. formula; Sp. formula rio. ] A. As adj .: According to a set form; stated; prescribed; ritual; formal. B. As substantive : 1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms; a book of precedents or set models, as of declarations, prayers, . 2. A prescribed or set form or model; a formula. National Formulary : A compilation of widely used pharmaceutical formulas omitted from the U. S. Pharmacopeia, but collected and published by the American Pharmaceutic A ociation.