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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apothecary \A*poth"e*ca*ry\, n.; pl {Apothecaries}. [OE. apotecarie fr LL apothecarius fr L. apotheca storehouse, Gr apo, fr ? to put away ? from + ? to put: cf F. apothicaire OF apotecaire See {Thesis}.] One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. {Apothecaries' weight}, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See {Troy weight}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apothecary n : a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs [syn: {pharmacist}, {druggist}, {chemist}, {pill pusher}, {pill roller}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Apothecary 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. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider. When Jove sent blessings to all men that are And Mercury conveyed them in a jar, That friend of tricksters introduced by stealth Disease for the apothecary's health, Whose gratitude impelled him to proclaim: "My deadliest drug shall bear my patron's name!" G.J.
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