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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n.; pl. E. Syllabuses, L. Syllabi.
[L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.]
1. A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the
like; an abstract.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement
of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported
case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being
merely explanatory of the former.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet Syllabus
n : an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted
to a new program at the university" [syn: {course of
study}, program, programme, curriculum]
[also: syllabi (pl)]

Moby Dictionary
abbreviation , abbreviature , abrege , abridgment , abstract , brief ,
capsule , compend , condensation , condensed version , conspectus ,
digest , draft , epitome , head , outline , overview , pandect , precis ,
review , rubric , shortened version , skeleton , sketch , survey ,
synopsis , thumbnail sketch , topical outline