noun. A representative or perfect example of a class or type.

noun. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

noun. An abridgment; a brief summary or abstract of a subject, or of a more extended exposition of it; a compendium containing the substance or principal matters of a book or other writing.

noun. Hence Anything which represents another or others in a condensed or comprehensive form.

noun. Synonyms Compendium, Compend, etc. See abridgment.

noun. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

noun. A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class.

noun. The embodiment or encapsulation of.

noun. A representative example.

noun. The height; the best.

noun. A brief summary.

noun. a standard or typical example

noun. a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

"THE Bible contains the history of the human race in epitome; is the mirror in which every age and every generation may see reflected its own features and complexion."

abstract  outline  précis  synopsis  

abridgment  acme  compendium  embodiment  exponent  

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