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Noun: compendium (compendiums,compendia)  kum'pen-dee-um
  1. A publication containing a variety of works
    - collection
     
  2. A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work

Derived forms: compendiums, compendia

Type of: publication, summary, sum-up, wrap-up

Encyclopedia: Compendium