Syn*op"tic (?), Syn*op"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. : cf. F. synoptique. See Synopsis.]

Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument.

"The synoptic Gospels." Alford. -- Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.

 

© Webster 1913.


Syn*op"tic, n.

One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.

 

© Webster 1913.

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