summa

/ˈsʊmə/
noun
  1. A comprehensive treatise or summary of a subject, especially in philosophy or theology.
    • The book is a summa of everything known about medieval medicine.
    • Her doctoral dissertation was a summa of modern economic theory.
    • The professor assigned a chapter from Aquinas's Summa Theologica.
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