formularadj.n.
/ˈfɔːmjʊlə/ A. adj.
1. Formal, correct or regular in form.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > following original exactly > in form
formalc1549
formular1791
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 405 Johnson: A speech on the stage, let it flatter ever so extravagantly, is formular. It has always been formular to flatter Kings and Queens.
2. Pertaining to formulæ; formulary.
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the mind > language > statement > reducing to or expressing in a formula > [adjective] > relating to formulae
formulary1728
formular1880
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 245 (note) Under the formular system.., in use in the classical period.
B. n.
A prescribed or set form, formulary; hence, a model, type. ? Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [noun] > a standard or norm
regulaOE
standardc1475
rate1509
square1549
formular1563
squarier1581
scantling1587
the King's beam1607
referencea1627
modulea1628
norme1635
the common beam1647
normaa1676
plummet line1683
norm1821
modulus1857
normative1909
1563 W. Cecil Let. 1 Aug. in Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 183 I had of mine own head moved my lord of London to bethink himself of some formular of common prayer.
1578 Sir H. Sydney in Lett. & Mem. State (1746) I. 246 He ys a rare Ornament to thys Age, the very Formular, that all well dysposed young Gentylmen of ouer Court, do form allsoe thear Maners and Lyfe by.
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 598 Before I had ever seene any, I would have bin glad to have had but a patterne or formulare of one.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §20 437 The Liturgy must be deprived of all the primitive Formulars.
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