Defn: A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
SYNOPSIS
Syn*op"sis, n.; pl. Synopses. Etym: [L., from Gr. optic.]
Defn: A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus. That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. Bp. Warburton.
Syn. — Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus; conspectus. See Abridgment.
SYNOPTIC; SYNOPTICAL
Syn*op"tic, Syn*op"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. synoptique. See Synopsis.]
Defn: Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument. "The synoptic Gospels." Alford. — Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.
SYNOPTIC
Syn*op"tic, n.
Defn: One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See
Synoptist.
SYNOPTIST
Syn*op"tist, n.
Defn: Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.