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.
Law.
a short summary of the legal basis of a court's decision appearing at the beginning of a reported case.
a book containing summaries of the leading cases in a legal field, used especially by students.
(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 of syllabus
1650–60; <New 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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Here are ten books that belong on any syllabus of self-transformation.
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If there is a theme that runs through Hagel's syllabus choices, it's a pretty realpolitik one.
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Whatever value the syllabus may have in other fields of study, its use in the philosophical branches ought to be discouraged.
College Teaching|Paul Klapper
We are busy printing Dr. Youngs syllabus and beginning Mr. Davys.
The Royal Institution|Bence Jones
What textbook writer would feel it safe to limit his regular propositions to those in any one syllabus?
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith
Besides, it was borrowed from the syllabus of a degraded superstition.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870|Various
We accept the Syllabus without the slightest reserve, though probably not the Magazine's sense.
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British Dictionary definitions for syllabus (1 of 2)
syllabus
/ (ˈsɪləbəs) /
nounplural-busesor-bi (-ˌbaɪ)
an outline of a course of studies, text, etc
British
the subjects studied for a particular course
a document which lists these subjects and states how the course will be assessed
Word Origin for syllabus
C17: from Late Latin, erroneously from Latin sittybus parchment strip giving title and author, from Greek sittuba
British Dictionary definitions for syllabus (2 of 2)
Syllabus
/ (ˈsɪləbəs) /
nounRC Church
Also called: Syllabus of Errorsa list of 80 doctrinal theses condemned as erroneous by Pius IX in 1864
a list of 65 Modernist propositions condemned as erroneous by Pius X in 1907