Synoptic \Syn*op"tic\, Synoptical \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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