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Pos: Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun syllabus has 1 senses

   syllabus(n = noun.communication) course of study, curriculum, program, programme - an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
is a kind of info, information
has parts: course of lectures
has particulars: crash course, crash program, crash programme, reading program, degree program


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

syllabus, n. [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.].

1.  A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract. [1913 Webster]

2.  The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

syllabus, n. (pl. syllabuses or syllabi)
1 a the programme or outline of a course of study, teaching, etc. b a statement of the requirements for a particular examination.
2 RC Ch. a summary of points decided by papal decree regarding heretical doctrines or practices.

Etymology:
mod.L, orig. a misreading of L sittybas accus. pl. of sittyba f. Gk sittuba title-slip or label


[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Compendium

N  compend, compendium, abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note, excerpt, synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus, album, scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book, extracts, excerpta, cuttings, fugitive pieces, fugitive writing, spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta, compilation, recapitulation, resume, review, abbreviation, abbreviature, contraction, shortening, compression, compendious, synoptic, analectic, abrege, abridged, variorum, in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words, it lies in a nutshell.