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.
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Syn*op"tic, n.
One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.
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