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compendium

com·pen·di·um [ kəm péndee əm ] (plural com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a [ kəm péndee ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
1. short comprehensive account: a comprehensive but brief account of a subject, especially in book form

2. list of items: a list or compilation of various items
Her letter was a compendium of complaints.

[Late 16th century. < Latin< compendere "weigh together" < pendere (see pensive)]
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