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compendium noun [ kəmˈpɛndɪəm ]

• a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication.
• "an invaluable compendium of useful information about language"
Similar: collection, compilation, anthology, treasury, digest, summary, synopsis, precis, résumé, outline, summarization, round-up, summing-up, companion, handbook, manual, vade mecum, conspectus, summa, epitome,
Origin: late 16th century: from Latin, ‘profit, saving’ (literally ‘what is weighed together’), from compendere, from com- ‘together’ + pendere ‘weigh’.


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