Compendia

Word COMPENDIA
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Definitions and meanings of "Compendia"

What do we mean by compendia?

A short, complete summary; an abstract.

A list or collection of various items.

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The word "compendia" in example sentences

In the nineteenth century homiletics took its place as a branch of pastoral theology, and many manuals have been written thereon, for instance, in German, compendia by Brand, Laberenz, ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

St. Augustine (d. 430) are an inexhaustible mine, yet he has written one or two works, as the "De fide et symbolo" and the "Enchiridium", which may justly be called compendia of dogmatic and moral theology. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Medicare is obligated to pay for off-label use of cancer drugs that are listed in references known as compendia, such as the one published by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an organization of major cancer hospitals. ❋ By ANDREW POLLACK (2011)

Medicare contractors consult lists of scientifically reviewed drugs, called compendia, to determine whether to cover drugs for off-label use. ❋ Jennifer Brown The Denver Post (2009)

These works often convey considerable human emotion as well, especially those pieces inspired by themes taken not from the Bible but from such popular compendia of saintly lore as Jacobus de Voragine's "The Golden Legend," compiled in the late 13th century. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2012)

They say it contained rhinoceros horns encrusted with rubies, astronomical compendia and sundials, an amulet made from toads, arsenic, pearls, emeralds, and medicinal herbs. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

Whereas Lockup: Raw and Lockup: World Tour bounce from prison to prison, hectic compendia of horrors and enlightenments, Extended Stay digs in for months at a time in one location. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If this were not enough, it can serve much more data than that because it also calculates new data from many of the raw data that appeared in economic time series, factbooks, yearbooks, encyclopedias, almanacs, directories and a large variety of statistical compendia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It asked U.S. foreign services officers to collect foreign officials '"numbers of telephones, cell phones, pagers and faxes; compendia of contact information, such as telephone directories ... e-mail listings; internet and intranet' handles, 'internet e-mail addresses, web site identification-URLs; credit card account numbers; frequent flyer account numbers; work schedules, and other relevant biographical information. " ❋ Jeff Stein (2010)

It asked U.S. foreign services officers to collect foreign officials' "numbers of telephones, cell phones, pagers and faxes; compendia of contact information, such as telephone directories ... e-mail listings; internet and intranet 'handles,' internet e-mail addresses, web site identification-URLs; credit card account numbers; frequent flyer account numbers; work schedules, and other relevant biographical information." ❋ Jeff Stein (2010)

Dall'opera di legno, che così ricopre il pavimento come la muraglia d'intorno all'altezza di un uomo o poco più, infino alla soffitta, le facciate sono distinte in alcuni quadri, in ciascuno dei quali è ritratto qualche famoso scrittore antico o moderno con breve elogietto, nel quale ristrettamente si compendia la vita di ciascheduno di loro. ❋ Unknown (2008)

All that carries over formally from colorful, highly articulated Haida and Tlingit and Kwakiutl totems, however, is a general sense of animistic presence; running their surface articulations and protrusions together into elongated episodes, Alpert clearly thinks of his Totems as single organisms, not compendia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While on the subject, it's perhaps one of the best compendia of religious and Biblical lore. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The laws of betrothal and marriage have received less attention, except for the aforementioned later Byzantine authors who also devoted specific sections of their legal compendia to these topics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The topic of incest also received a great deal of attention among later Karaites, for example in Byzantine legal compendia such as Eshkol ha-Kofer by Jehuda Hadassi (twelfth century), Gan Eden by Aharon ben Eliya (fourteenth century), and Aderet Eliyahu by Eliyahu Bashyaci (sixteenth century). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Engrish.com, one of the oldest such compendia on the Web, offers a selection of photos from clothing, packaging, menus, signs, etc., largely from Asian companies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Much of the material in the latter part of the Chronicle is unique, but the earlier section, up to the beginning of the seventh century, consists largely of selections from sources some of the most important of which were in turn compendia of earlier works which are either extant or for which close comparanda exist. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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