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n. A brief outline or general view, as of a subject or written work; an abstract or a summary.

n. A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

n. A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.

n. A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.

n. A summary or brief statement giving a general view of some subject; a compendium of heads or short paragraphs so arranged as to afford a view of the whole or of principal parts of a matter under consideration; a conspectus.

n. In the Gr. Ch., a prayer-book for the use of the laity, of the same character as that described under anthology, 3.

n. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

"Last time, I let the cat out of the bag, all right: I divulged the secret that just because many different people — agents, editors, contest rule-writers, fellowship committees, etc. — use the term synopsis, it does not mean that they are necessarily all talking about an identical document."

synopses   

summary    abstract    conspectus    epitome    syllabus   

theologiae    bibliography    summary    abridgment    rundown