Hypertext Webster Gateway: "syllabus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n. (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n.; pl. E. {Syllabuses}, L. {Syllabi}.
[L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.]
A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the
like; an abstract.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
syllabus
n : a course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new
program at the university" [syn: {course of study}, {program},
{curriculum}]
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