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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Synoptic  \Syn*op"tic\,  n. 
  One  of  the  first  three  Gospels  of  the  New  Testament.  See 
  {Synoptist}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Synoptic  \Syn*op"tic\,  Synoptical  \Syn*op"tic*al\,  a.  [Gr.  ?: 
  cf  F.  synoptique  See  {Synopsis}.] 
  Affording  a  general  view  of  the  whole,  or  of  the  principal 
  parts  of  a  thing  as  a  synoptic  table;  a  synoptical 
  statement  of  an  argument.  ``The  synoptic  Gospels.''  --Alford. 
  --  {Syn*op"tic*al*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  synoptic 
  adj  1:  presenting  a  summary  or  general  view  of  a  whole;  "a  synoptic 
  presentation  of  a  physical  theory" 
  2:  presenting  or  taking  the  same  point  of  view;  used  especially 
  of  the  first  three  gospels  of  the  New  Testament;  "the 
  synoptic  Gospels"  [syn:  {synoptical}] 




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