synopsis.html - n.
(pl. synopses)
1 a summary or outline.
2 a brief general survey.

synopsize v.tr. (also -ise). [LL f. Gk (as SYN-, opsis seeing)]

synopsis.html - n.
(pl. synopses)
1 a summary or outline.
2 a brief general survey.

synopsize v.tr. (also -ise). [LL f. Gk (as SYN-, opsis seeing)]

synopsis.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of, forming, or giving a synopsis.
2 taking or affording a comprehensive mental view.
3 of the Synoptic Gospels.
4 giving a general view of weather conditions.

--n.

1 a Synoptic Gospel.
2 the writer of a Synoptic Gospel.

Synoptic Gospels the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, describing events from a similar point of view.

synoptical adj. synoptically adv. [Gk sunoptikos (as SYNOPSIS)]

synopsis.html - n.
the writer of a Synoptic Gospel.

synopsis.html - n.
1 a Church council attended by delegated clergy and sometimes laity (see also General Synod).
2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly.
3 any meeting for debate. [ME f. LL synodus f. Gk sunodos meeting (as SYN-, hodos way)]

synopsis.html - adj.
Astron. relating to or involving the conjunction of stars, planets, etc.

synodic period the time between the successive conjunctions of a planet with the sun. [LL synodicus f. Gk sunodikos (as SYNOD)]