- a variation of compendium.
compend
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I shall write only whereof I know—not by any means a compend of Creole cookery.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by Martha McCulloch-Williams
More accurately he might have said that it is a compend of all Hindu literatures, the traditional as well as the inspired, and with a much larger share of the former than of the latter.
From Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 by Frank F. Ellinwood
The knowledge then of Jesus Christ is a true and full compend of all saving knowledge.
From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by John (of Wamphray) Brown
As the revelation did not consist in doctrines, so the doctrine we require is not a creed or compend of doctrines.
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
The Second Article, says Zahn, is "a compend of the Evangelical history, including even external details."
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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