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Promptuary

A magazine, repository, or handbook.

📖 Definitions of "Promptuary"

noun
  1. 1

    A magazine, repository, or handbook.

  2. 2

    A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to preparation.

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