compendiums

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compendiums - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           A short system or compendium of a science. --I. Watts.
  
     Syn: See Abridgment.
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