Compendium
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A '''compendium''' is a concise, yet comprehensive compilation of a body of [[knowledge]]. A compendium may summarize a larger work. In most cases the body of knowledge will concern some delimited field of human interest or endeavour (for example, [[hydrogeology]], [[logology]], [[ichthyology]], [[phytosociology]], or [[myrmecology]]), while a "universal" [[encyclopedia]] can be referred to as a ''compendium of all human knowledge''.
The word compendium comes from the Latin word ''compendere'', meaning "to weigh together".
==Examples==
An example of a compendium might be the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' project which attempts to be a comprehensive compilation of words in the English language. Other sites on the Internet also have directories that could make some claim to this; [[Google]]'s directory, about.com, etc.
Another example is the recently{{when?}} released ''Compendium - Catechism of the Catholic Church'', a 598-question-and-answer concise book which summarises the same set of Catholic Faith and Morals.
==External links==
{{Wiktionary|compendium}}
* [http://www.oed.com The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' site]
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