Meaning

adjective presenting a summary or general view of a whole

adjective presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially with regard to the first three gospels of the New Testament

originFrom New Latin synopticus, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός (sunoptikós, “seeing the whole together or at a glance”), from σύνοψις (súnopsis, “a general view, synopsis”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).

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