Compendium

//kəmˈpɛn.di.əm// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  2. 2
    a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work wordnet
  3. 3
    A list or collection of various items.

    "It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici."

  4. 4
    a publication containing a variety of works wordnet
  5. 5
    A list or collection of various items.; A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
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  1. 6
    A list or collection of various items.; A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

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abbreviationabbreviatureabregeabridgmentabstractbaedeker

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"Although most people thought of the Bible as a compendium of inspirational thought and Near Eastern traditions, an American school board wanted to declare it a science textbook."

Etymology

From the Latin compendium (“that which is weighed together; a sparing, a saving, an abbreviation”), from com- (“with”) + pendō (“to weigh”).

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