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Definition of Syllabus

1. Noun. An integrated course of academic studies. "He was admitted to a new program at the university"

Definition of Syllabus

1. n. A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.

2. n. The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former.

Definition of Syllabus

1. Noun. A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Syllabus

1. an outline of a course of study [n -BI or -BUSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllabus

Literary usage of Syllabus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"(23 Oa. App. 732) ROPER v. ROBERTS et al. (No. 10151.) (Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 2. May 14, 1919.) (syllabus by the Court. ..."

2. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"One of them gave a course of instruction to teachers in secondary schools in order to prepare them to introduce the syllabus into their schools. ..."

3. A History of Italian Unity: Being a Political History of Italy from 1814 to 1871 by Bolton King (1912)
"The Encyclical Quanta cura and the syllabus, or summary of false opinions, ... It is an error, says the syllabus, that " the Pope can or ought to be ..."

4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1897)
"This syllabus, planned as a guide for students in the study of the ... This feature, however, will by no means destroy the usefulness of the syllabus in ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The motive of the syllabus was practical; the absolutism in the Church, ... On December 8,1864, the Encyclical and the syllabus were published. ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"(23 Oa. App. 732) ROPER v. ROBERTS et al. (No. 10151.) (Court of Appeals of Georgia, Division No. 2. May 14, 1919.) (syllabus by the Court. ..."

7. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"One of them gave a course of instruction to teachers in secondary schools in order to prepare them to introduce the syllabus into their schools. ..."

8. A History of Italian Unity: Being a Political History of Italy from 1814 to 1871 by Bolton King (1912)
"The Encyclical Quanta cura and the syllabus, or summary of false opinions, ... It is an error, says the syllabus, that " the Pope can or ought to be ..."

9. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1897)
"This syllabus, planned as a guide for students in the study of the ... This feature, however, will by no means destroy the usefulness of the syllabus in ..."

10. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The motive of the syllabus was practical; the absolutism in the Church, ... On December 8,1864, the Encyclical and the syllabus were published. ..."

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