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ə noun, plural syl·la·bus·es, syl·la·bi 
[-bahy] .
[-bahy] . 1.
an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.
2.
Law.
a.
a short summary of the legal basis of a court's decision appearing at the beginning of a reported case.
b.
a book containing summaries of the leading cases in a legal field, used especially by students.
3.
( often initial capital letter ) . Also called Syllabus of Errors. Roman Catholic Church. the list of 80 propositions condemned as erroneous by Pope Pius IX in 1864.
Origin:
1650–60; < Neo-Latin syllabus, syllabos, probably a misreading (in manuscripts of Cicero) of Greek síttybās, accusative plural of síttyba label for a papyrus roll
1650–60; < Neo-Latin syllabus, syllabos, probably a misreading (in manuscripts of Cicero) of Greek síttybās, accusative plural of síttyba label for a papyrus roll
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n , pl -buses, -bi | |
| 1. | an outline of a course of studies, text, etc |
| 2. | (Brit) |
| a. the subjects studied for a particular course | |
| b. a document which lists these subjects and states how the course will be assessed | |
| [C17: from Late Latin, erroneously from Latin sittybus parchment strip giving title and author, from Greek sittuba] | |
| Syllabus (ˈsɪləbəs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: Syllabus of Errors a list of 80 doctrinal theses condemned as erroneous by Pius IX in 1864 |
| 2. | a list of 65 Modernist propositions condemned as erroneous by Pius X in 1907 |
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syllabus
1656, "table of contents of a series of lectures, etc.," from L.L. syllabus "list," a misreading of Gk. sittybos (pl. of sittyba "parchment label, table of contents," of unknown origin) in a 1470s edition of Cicero's "Ad Atticum" iv.5 and 8. The proper plural would be syllabi,
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