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Compendium

Compendium Meaning & Definition
Compendium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Compendium?

[n] a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
[n] a publication containing a variety of works

Synonyms | Synonyms for Compendium: collection

Related Terms | Find terms related to Compendium: abbreviation | abbreviature | abrege | abridgment | abstract | Baedeker | brief | capsule | compend | condensation | condensed version | conspectus | digest | draft | enchiridion | epitome | guide | guidebook | head | manual | outline | overview | pandect | precis | review | rubric | shortened version | skeleton | sketch | survey | syllabus | synopsis | thumbnail sketch | topical outline | vade mecum

See Also | anthology | archives | compilation | digest | publication | summary

Compendium In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*pen"di*um\, n.; pl. E. {Compendiums}, L. {Compendia}. [L. compendium that which is weighed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr. compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to weigh. See {Pension}, and cf. {Compend}.] A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary. A short system or compendium of a science. --I. Watts. Syn: See {Abridgment}.

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