- a variation of compendium.
compend
Example Sentences
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In January, 1874, he published, in the "Quarterly Journal of Science," a brief compend of the notes of his investigations during the four years preceding.
From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various
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
His principal literary work was Li Livres dou Tresor, written in French, an interesting compend of the omne scibile.
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Charles Eliot Norton
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
He's such a compend of beauties, meseems, indeed, from him The world all beauty borrows that lives in lands and seas.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by John Payne
