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Definition: Compendia
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.
[1913 Webster]
A short system or compendium of a science. --I. Watts.
Syn: See
Abridgment.
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