[ˈsɪləbəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the subjects in a course of study or teaching
(e.g: there isn't time to cover the syllabus)

- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a summary of points decided by papal decree regarding heretical doctrines or practices


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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’