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compendia |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Compendium \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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