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A book or series of books arranged alphabetically by topics containing information on areas of law, including citations to support the information.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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Encyclopedia — • An abridgment of human knowledge in general or a considerable department thereof, treated from a uniform point of view or in a systematized summary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Encyclopedia Encyclopedia … Catholic encyclopedia
Encyclopedia — Encyclopédia Création 2 avril 1996 Slogan « La chaîne de la connaissance » Langue Français Pays d origine … Wikipédia en Français
Encyclopédia — Création 2 avril 1996 Slogan « La chaîne de la connaissance » Langue Français Pays d origine … Wikipédia en Français
encyclopedia — or encyclopaedia [en sī΄klə pē′dē ə, insī΄klə pē′dē ə] n. [ModL (1508) encyclopaedia < Gr enkyklopaideia, false reading for enkyklios paideia, instruction in the circle of the arts and sciences < enkyklios ( en , in + kyklos, a circle: see… … English World dictionary
Encyclopedia — En*cy clo*pe di*a, Encyclopaedia En*cy clo*p[ae] di*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, for ? ?, instruction in the circle of arts and sciences: cf. F. encyclop[ e]die. See {Cyclopedia}, and {Encyclical}.] [Formerly written {encyclop[ae]dy} and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encyclopedia — 1530s, course of instruction, from Mod.L. encyclopaedia (c.1500), thought to be a false reading by Latin authors of Gk. enkyklios paideia taken as general education, but lit. training in a circle, i.e. the circle of arts and sciences, the… … Etymology dictionary
encyclopedia — (also encyclopaedia) ► NOUN ▪ a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject, typically arranged alphabetically. ORIGIN pseudo Greek enkuklopaideia, for enkuklios paideia all round education … English terms dictionary
Encyclopedia — This article is about the type of reference work. For other uses, see Encyclopedia (disambiguation). Brockhaus Enzyklopädie in 1902 An encyclopedia (also spelled encyclopaedia or encyclopædia) is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a… … Wikipedia
encyclopedia — (BrE also paedia) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ online ▪ illustrated ▪ medical ▪ baseball, football, etc. (esp. AmE) … Collocations dictionary
encyclopedia */ — UK [ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdɪə] / US [ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpɪdɪə] noun [countable] Word forms encyclopedia : singular encyclopedia plural encyclopedias a book or set of books giving information about a lot of different subjects or about one particular subject an… … English dictionary
