A collection or list of formulas, recipes, or set procedures; often used in medicine to refer to an official list of medicines approved for use.
From Latin 'formularium' (a collection of formulas), derived from 'formula.' This noun has been used since medieval times for books containing recipes, prayers, or medical preparations.
Medieval monasteries kept 'formularies'—handwritten books of recipes and remedies that were literally more valuable than gold, hoarded and copied for centuries before printing existed.
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