Meaning & use
Compendiums
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Concise collections that summarize a larger body of information on a particular subject.
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The library added several new compendiums of world history to its reference section.
The professor keeps compendiums of key research papers for each course she teaches.
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Compendiums and compendia are both accepted plurals of 'compendium'; 'compendia' follows the original Latin pattern, while 'compendiums' is the more common Anglicized form.
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