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syllabus |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n. (Law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n.; pl E. {Syllabuses}, L. {Syllabi}. [L., fr the same source as E. syllable.] A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like an abstract. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: syllabus n : a course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university" [syn: {course of study}, {program}, {curriculum}]
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