n.
(pl. compendiums or compendia
/-dɪə/
)
- a book or other publication containing a collection of information about a subject.
- a collection of similar items.
▸a package of stationery for writing letters.
Etymology
C16: from L., ‘profit, saving’ (lit. ‘what is weighed together’), from compendere ‘weigh together’.
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