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   syllabus

   /ˈsɪləbəs/

   noun

   • 1. the subjects in a course of study or teaching: "there isn't time to cover the syllabus"
   • 2. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a summary of points decided by papal decree regarding heretical doctrines or practices.

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘concise table of headings of a discourse’): modern Latin, originally a misreading of Latin sittybas, accusative plural of sittyba, from Greek sittuba ‘title slip, label’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • S

     1

   • Y

     4

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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