compend
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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 Ellinwood, Frank F.
They esteemed the reproach of it the compend of all reproaches, ingratum si dixeris, omnia dixeris.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
The purse may be abstracted from the pocket; the substance from the accidents; a book into a compend.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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 Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher)
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 Norton, Charles Eliot
