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Definition of Cyclopaedia
1. Noun. A reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty.
Generic synonyms: Book Of Facts, Reference, Reference Book, Reference Work
Specialized synonyms: Book Of Knowledge
Definition of Cyclopaedia
1. Noun. (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) An encyclopedia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cyclopaedia
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclopaedia
Literary usage of Cyclopaedia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Third Party Movements Since the Civil War, with a Special Reference to Iowa by Frederick Emory Haynes, State Historical Society of Iowa (1916)
"CHAPTER X 2'iB Appletons' Annual cyclopaedia, 1877, pp. ... 2*2 Appletons' Annual
cyclopaedia, 1878, p. 577; McPherson 'aA Hand- Book of Politics for 1878, ..."
2. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1908)
"cyclopaedia of Apr. 6, '08. (432) $9.50. Painters and Paintings. NY, 1886-87.
4 vols., 4to. ... cyclopaedia of cyclopaedia of Painters and Painting ..."
3. The Monthly Review (1832)
"The Cabinet cyclopaedia. Lives of the most Eminent British Military Commanders.
... THIS is a portion of Dr. Lardner's Cabinet cyclopaedia, which only ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1851)
"... cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature has a well earned and deserved celebrity.
It embodies the products of the ablest and latest researches in Biblical ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"contributions to medical reviews, and several articles in the ' cyclopaedia of
Practical Medicine,' Brown wrote: 1. 'Medical Essays on Fever, Inflammation, ..."
6. Michael Heilprin and His Sons: A Biography by Gustav Pollak (1912)
"... connection with the cyclopaedia, begun in 1858, lasted until its completion,
at the end of 1862. In addition to his critical revision of the writings ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1865)
"TH E ANNUAL cyclopaedia ... to the public another volume of the Annual cyclopaedia,
containing the rec of the moat turbulent year which the country has ..."
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