an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.

Law .

a short summary of the legal basis of a court's decision appearing at the beginning of a reported case.

a book containing summaries of the leading cases in a legal field, used esp. by students.

( often initial capital letter ) Also called Syllabus of Errors. Roman Catholic Church . the list of 80 propositions condemned as erroneous by Pope Pius IX in 1864.

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aperu , capitulation , conspectus , curriculum , outline , program , review , rundown , schedule , sketch , synopsisnotes:curriculum is a complete course of study offered by a school; syllabus is the outline of a single course , bill , prospectus , abstract , compendium , digest , plan , statement , summary , synopsis