Summa meaning

so͝omə, sŭmə
summae summas
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A comprehensive treatise, especially in philosophy or theology.
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A comprehensive treatise or exposition, as by a medieval scholastic.
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A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.
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Origin of summa

  • Medieval Latin from Latin the whole sum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin summa.

    From Wiktionary

Summa Sentence Examples

  • He carried few books to Holland with him, but a Bible and the Summa of Thomas Aquinas were amongst them.'

  • The Romana, or, as he himself calls it, De summa temporum vel origine actibusque gentis Romanorum, was composed in 551.

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