℞

Etymology
An R with a cross-stroke indicating an abbreviation (of recipe, response, retrograde etc). In the case of a prescription, abbreviating ; it is sometimes typeset as, or even interpreted as, a digraph Rx. Compare also and.

Symbol

 * 1)  Prescription.
 * 2)  Take (used to begin a list of ingredients of a compound).
 * 3)  Marks the congregation's response to the versicle.
 * 4)  Retrograde.
 * 1)  Retrograde.
 * 1)  Retrograde.

Usage notes
The Medieval Unicode Font Initiative recommends that medieval scholars use U+211E for all meanings, medicinal and liturgical.

Noun

 * , king.
 * , take.