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com·pen·di·um  (km-pnd-m)
n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a (-d-)
1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
2. A list or collection of various items.

[Latin, a shortening, from compendere, to weigh together : com-, com- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

compendium [kəmˈpɛndɪəm]
n pl -diums, -dia [-dɪə]
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Brit a book containing a collection of useful hints
2. Brit a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container
3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
[from Latin: a saving, literally: something weighed, from pendere to weigh]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.compendium - a publication containing a variety of works
publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
anthology - a collection of selected literary passages
archives - collection of records especially about an institution
compilation, digest - something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
2.compendium - a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
sum-up, summary - a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

compendium
noun collection, summary, abstract, digest, compilation, epitome, synopsis, précis His book is a delightful compendium of miscellaneous knowledge.
Translations
compendium [kəmˈpendɪəm] N (compendiums or compendia (pl)) → compendio m
compendium of gamesjuegos mpl reunidos
compendium
nHandbuch nt, → Kompendium nt; compendium of gamesSpielemagazin nt
compendium [kəmˈpɛndɪəm] n (summary) → compendio, sommario
compendium of games (Brit) → scatola di giochi vari
compendium [kəmˈpɛndɪəm] n (summary) → compendio, sommario
compendium of games (Brit) → scatola di giochi vari


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--Indeed, I believe that none but greenhorns and excessively Russian people feel an attraction towards the French; for, to any man of sensibility, such a compendium of outworn forms--a compendium which is built up of drawing-room manners, expansiveness, and gaiety--becomes at once over-noticeable and unbearable.
There is no one, not even the hermetics, who does not find in the symbols of the grand portal a satisfactory compendium of their science, of which the Church of Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie was so complete a hieroglyph.
She now seemed inclined to take a purely critical view of Madame de Cintre, and wished to have it understood that she did not in the least answer for her being a compendium of all the virtues.
 
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