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noun

compendium

a collection of concise but detailed information about a subject

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Six example sentences with compendium, each labelled with its topic.

  • Her compendium of regional folk tales runs to nine hundred pages and lists every storyteller she recorded by name.

    Literature

  • The wiki has become a compendium of every item, patch note, and hidden room players have found since launch.

    Gaming

  • Junior doctors carry a pocket compendium listing dosages, interactions, and ward protocols for the forty drugs they use most.

    Medicine

  • Her compendium of regional breads lists every loaf with its flour, hydration, and the oven that first baked it.

    Cooking

  • Clerks keep a compendium of the court's rulings, one paragraph each, so a precedent can be found in minutes.

    Law

  • The guide is a compendium of every ferry route on the coast, with fares, timings, and which piers have shelter.

    Travel

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