syllabus

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syllabus /ˈsɪləbəs/

▶noun (pl. syllabuses or syllabi /-bʌɪ/)

• 1 the subjects in a course of study or teaching.

• 2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a summary of points decided by papal decree regarding heresy.

– origin C17: mod. L., orig. a misreading of L. sittybas, accusative pl. of sittyba, from Gk sittuba ‘title slip, label’.