apothecary Definition
apoth·ecary (ə pät̸h′ə ker′ē)
noun pl. -·car′·ies
- a pharmacist or druggist
- a drugstore or pharmacy
Etymology: ME apotecarie < OFr < ML apothecarius, shopkeeper, apothecary (in LL, warehouseman) < L apotheca, storehouse < Gr apothēkē < apo-, away + tithenai, to put: see do
apothecary Usage Examples
Converse of object
include: Other expenses included an apothecary to attend the sick poor and some education for the workhouse children.
Adjective modifier
- local: In 1734 the white Bath House was lived in by the local apothecary John King.
- herbal: Ezra Suggett was a herbal Apothecary in Beccles, Suffolk just 15 miles from the present day Herbs Hands Healing ltd.
- European: Although there is already technology that can allow such practice to be implemented, the European apothecary need not fear for a while!
- early: Our inspirational model is the early home apothecary, or " still room " as it was called in England.
Modifies a noun
- shop: At first, the cocoa and chocolate business was run from Joseph Fry's apothecary shop in Small Street, Bristol.
- weight: Apothecaries weight was used for measuring drugs and medicines.
- garden: Jim demonstrated this by putting down chipped bark between the Potager garden and the Apothecary garden.
- system: I don't know if it originated from the Troy system, or the Apothecary system.
Noun used with modifier
- surgeon: J. Waldie, ) a surgeon apothecary, ( Mr.
- century: Visit the Franciscan Monastery with its historic 15th century apothecary or the Dominican monastery, which houses paintings from the Dubrovnik school of art.
Possessives
- shop: The smallest vial in the apothecary's shop would more than suffice to hold it.
- assistant: With his new found freedom he ran away to London and worked as an apothecary's assistant at Cheapside.
- drawer: September 1st 2001 The Apothecary's Drawer is back at its proper domain.
Possessives
town: Figure 3 shows the town's apothecary from a woodcut dated 1568.
Preposition: in
village: A dancing master attends and an apothecary in the village.
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