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Webster 1913 Edition
Encyclopaedia
{
, En-cyˊclo-pe′di-a
,En-cyˊclo-pæ′di-a
}Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], for [GREEK] [GREEK], instruction in the circle of arts and sciences: cf. F.
encyclopédie
. See Cyclopedia
, and Encyclical
.] [Formerly written
encyclopædy
and encyclopedy
.] The full circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.