summa
[soo m-uh, suhm-uh]
- a comprehensive work or series of works covering, synthesizing, or summarizing a particular field or subject.
- a work or series of works that is a summary of all human knowledge.
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Origin of summa
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Contemporary Examples
The Citi Bike system is thus a summa of all conservative fears.
But the compelling weight of her experience is revealed in her résumé: summa cum laude from Princeton, editor of Yale Law Review.
He took care to use the word “lynch” in his summa on behalf of Mr. Burris.
Historical Examples
"To the summa folks," Clementina explained, innocent of satire.
Ragged Lady, CompleteWilliam Dean Howells
There is no summa of the Leibnitzian science and philosophy.
In support of the allegations of the text, consult the Summa.
As heretofore, I follow the exposition of the Summa theologiae.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)Henry Osborn Taylor
Called also his Summa philosophica, to distinguish it from his Summa theologiae.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)Henry Osborn Taylor
summa
- medieval Christianity theol a compendium of theology, philosophy, or canon law, or sometimes of all three together. The Summa Theologica of St Thomas Aquinas, written between 1265 and 1274, was the most famous of all such compendia
- rare a comprehensive work or survey
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin: sum 1
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