apothecary
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əˌkɛr noun, plural a·poth·e·car·ies.
1.
a druggist; a pharmacist.
2.
a pharmacy or drugstore.
3.
(especially in England and Ireland) a druggist licensed to prescribe medicine.
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| —n , pl -caries | |
| 1. | an archaic word for pharmacist |
| 2. | law a chemist licensed by the Society of Apothecaries of London to prescribe, prepare, and sell drugs |
| [C14: from Old French apotecaire, from Late Latin apothēcārius warehouseman, from apothēca, from Greek apothēkē storehouse] | |
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Word Origin & History
apothecary
mid-14c., "shopkeeper," from O.Fr. apotecaire (13c.), from L.L. apothecarius "storekeeper," from L. apotheca "storehouse," from Gk. apotheke "storehouse," lit. "a place where things are put away," from apo- "away" (see apo-) + tithenai "to put," from PIE base *dhe- "to put,
to do" (see factitious). Cognate compounds produced Skt. apadha- "concealment," O.Pers. apadana- "palace." Drugs and herbs being among the chief items of non-perishable goods, the meaning narrowed 17c. to "druggist" (Apothecaries' Company of London separated from the Grocers' in 1617). Same root produced Fr. boutique and Sp. bodega. Apothecaries formerly were notorious for "the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language" [Francis Grose, "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1796]. Hence, Apothecary's Latin, barbarously mangled, also known as Dog Latin
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Medical Dictionary
apothecary a·poth·e·car·y (ə-pŏth'ĭ-kěr'ē)
n. pl. a·poth·e·car·ies
Abbr. ap.
One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; a pharmacist.
See pharmacy.
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Bible Dictionary
Apothecary definition
rendered in the margin and the Revised Version "perfumer," in Ex. 30:25; 37:29; Eccl. 10:1. The holy oils and ointments were prepared by priests properly qualified for this office. The feminine plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "confectionaries" in 1 Sam. 8:13.
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Example sentences
They value a philosopher as they value an apothecary.
You see a carefully composed vignette that includes a bench, a lamp, an apothecary cabinet and framed artworks.
Singh, a sidewalk apothecary promotes medical concoctions derived from trees.
Turn a jettisoned apothecary cabinet into a bathroom vanity.
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