appothecarie
appothecarie is the obsolete form of apothecary.
Meaning of apothecary
Noun
apothecary (plural apothecaries)
- Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
- [T]he poticaries and barbarus wryters call it [the iris] Irios in the genetiue caſe.1562, Wylliam Turner [i.e., William Turner], “Of the Herbe Called in Latin Irio”, in The Second Parte of Guilliam Turners Herball⸝ […], Cologne: […] Arnold Birckman, →OCLC, folio 23, recto
- Synonyms:
- pharmacist
- Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
- The Russian people as a whole almost revered the apothecary, and they entered it as they would enter a sanctum.1919, S.A., “Pharmacy in Russia”, in Soviet Russia, volume 1, number 27, page 6
- Synonyms:
- pharmacy
- A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
Forms of appothecarie
| plural | appothecaries |
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Questions about appothecarie
- What is appothecarie the obsolete form of?
- Appothecarie is the obsolete form of apothecary.
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