Com*pen"di*um (?), n.; pl.
E. Compendiums (#), L.
Compendia (#). [L. compendium that which
is weighed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr.
compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to
weigh. See Pension, and cf. Compend.] A brief
compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or
general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an
epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.
A short system or compendium of a
science.
I. Watts.
Syn. -- See Abridgment.