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compendium

[ kuhm-pen-dee-uhm ]

noun

plural compendiums, compendia
  1. a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise:

    a compendium of medicine.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. a summary, epitome, or abridgment.
  3. a full list or inventory:

    a compendium of their complaints.



compendium

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noun

  1. a book containing a collection of useful hints
  2. a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container
  3. a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of compendium1

1575–85; < Latin: gain, saving, shortcut, abridgment, equivalent to com- com- + pend- (stem of pendere to cause to hang down, weigh) + -ium -ium
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of compendium1

C16: from Latin: a saving, literally: something weighed, from pendere to weigh
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His 55-minute set of variations, his last major work — and his largest — for solo piano is a compendium of what the composer could do and what the keyboard instrument of 1825 could do.

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Her complaint contains a footnote stating that the messages, including a 22-page compendium of texts submitted as an exhibit with the complaint, came through the “legal process, including a civil subpoena.â€

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A cultural compendium and also a meditation, “Black in Blues†will inspire other great minds.

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This statement is as solid a compendium of financial ignorance as one might wish, even coming from a U.S.

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Mr Munford belongs to a collector’s club in Lincoln and said his friends were “encouraging†about his crisp compendium.

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