First Known Use: 1589
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compendium
noun com·pen·di·um \kəm-ˈpen-dē-əm\
: a collection of things (such as photographs, stories, facts, etc.) that have been gathered together and presented as a group especially in the form of a book
plural com·pen·di·ums or -dia \-dē-ə\
Full Definition of COMPENDIUM
1
: a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
2
a : a list of a number of items b : collection, compilation
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Origin of COMPENDIUM
Medieval Latin, from Latin, saving, shortcut, from compendere to weigh together, from com- + pendere to weigh — more at pendant
Related to COMPENDIUM
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- album, collectanea, anthology, compilation, florilegium, miscellany, reader
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