compendium

Definitions of compendium
  1. noun
    a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
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    aperçu, regest, resumptie, resumé, samenvatting, synthese, verzamelstaat
    a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
  2. noun
    a publication containing a variety of works
    synonyms: bundel, compilatie, compilatiewerk, pandecten, verzamelwerk
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    collectaneum
    a collection of selected literary passages
    archief, archiefwezen, archivalia
    collection of records especially about an institution
    compilatie, compilatiewerk, pandecten, verzamelwerk
    something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
    bloemenkrans, krans
    an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
    type of:
    publikatie, uitgave
    a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
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This memoir recounts Noah's childhood in South Africa during the last years of apartheid.

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