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Webster 1913 Edition

Compendium

Com-pen′di-um

,
Noun.
;
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.
Syn. – See
Abridgment
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Compendium

COMPENDIUM

,
Noun.
In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.

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