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Summa
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Italian.
Noun
- 1 A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
- 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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