Synopsis

si-nop′sis, n. a view of the whole together: a collective or general view of any subject:— pl. Synop′sēs .— adjs. Synop′tic , -al , affording a general view of the whole.— adv. Synop′tically .— n. Synop′tist , one of the writers of the Synoptic Gospels.— adj. Synoptis′tic .—The Synoptic Gospels , a name first used by Griesbach for the first three gospels, those of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which present such a similarity in matter and form that they readily admit of being brought under one and the same combined view or synopsis . [Gr. synopsis — syn , with, together, ops is , a view.]