Summa

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
  2. 2
    A culmination or archetypal example. figuratively

    "In size, scope, and graphic ambition [the map] is a summa of the mapping art of the day, represented in paint by Vermeer."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin summa.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Summa.

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