APOTHECARY

Apothecary. 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.

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APOTHECARY. → A compounder of drugs Ex 30:25,35; 37:29; 2Ch 16:14; Ne 3:8 → Ointment of Ec 10:1

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apothecary. Apothecary, n. a compounder, &c. of medicines

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A‐poth″e‐ca‐ry (�), n.; pl. Apothecaries. [[OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. απο, 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. ☞ 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.