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apothecary Definition

apoth·ecary (ə pät̸hə ker′ē)

noun pl. -·car′·ies

  1. a pharmacist or druggist
  2. 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.