synophyty

(Pref. syn; o connect., and Gr. phyton a plant.] chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia synopsis syn-op-sis ( pl . sỹ-nop-sēş), *sin-op-sis, s . (Latin synopsis , from Greek synopsis a seeing all together: syn together, and ops is a sight.] A general view of the subject; a view of the whole or of all the parts at once; a kind of summary or brief statement giving a general view of some subject; a collection of heads or short paragraphs arranged so as to exhibit the whole in a general view; a conspectus. "I shall here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle." -War burton: Comment. on E ay on Man . syn-op-tic, a. & s. [Gr. synoptikos =seeing all together.] [SYNOPSIS.] A. As adj .: Of the nature of a synopsis; afford ing a synopsis or general view of the whole or principal parts of a thing at once. B. As subst.: One of the Synoptic gospels (q. v.). Synoptic-gospels, s. pl. Biblical Criticism : The first three Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which regard events from the same point of view, and present close resemblances to each other Four hypotheses have been framed to account for the correspondences: (1) That the Synoptic-gospels were derived from a common written source or sources; (2) that the earlier gospels were consulted in the composition of the later ones; (3) that all the three were derived from oral tradition; or (4) that they were all derived partly from oral tradition, but that the second was also copied from the first, and the third from the first and second. The Synoptic-gospels treat of the humanity rather than the divinity of Jesus, though not in any way ignoring the latter. [GOSPEL, II. 2.] syn-op-tic-al, adj. [Eng. synoptic; -al.] The same as SYNOPTIC (q. v.). "So many synoptical tables calculated for his monthly use."-Evelyn: Kalendarium. syn-op-tic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. synoptical; -ly.] In a synoptical manner; so as to afford a synopsis of anything. "I shall more synoptically here insert a catalogue of all dying materials." - Sprat : History of the Royal Society, p. 295. syn-op-tist, s. [Eng. synopt(ic); -ist.] One of the writers of the Synoptic Gospels; Matthew, Mark, or Luke.