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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROMPTUARY

n.[L. promptuarium.] That form which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROMPTUARY

PROMPTUARY Promp "tu *a *ry, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] Bacon.

 

PROMPTUARY

Promp "tu *a *ry, n. Etym: [L. promptuarium, fr. promptuarius belonging to distribution, distributing: cf, F. promptuaire. See Prompt, a.]

 

Defn: That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. Woodward.