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Webster 1913 Edition


Dispensary

Dis-pen′sa-ry

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Noun.
;
pl.
Dispensaries
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[Cf. F.
dispensaire
.]
1.
A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.
2.
A dispensatory.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dispensary

DISPENSARY

,
Noun.
A house, place or store, in which medicines are dispensed to the poor, and medical advice given, gratis.