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syl•la•bus



Pronunciation: (sil'u-bus), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -bus•es, -biPronunciation: (-bī"). [key]
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 esp. by students.
3. (often cap.) Also called Syl'labus of Er'rors. Rom. Cath. Ch.the list of 80 propositions condemned as erroneous by Pope Pius IX in 1864.

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