GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

1.       
   { Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia } , n. [NL., fr. Gr. , for  , instruction in the circle of arts and sciences: cf. F. encyclopédie. See Cyclopedia, and Encyclical.] [Formerly written encyclopædy and encyclopedy.] The full circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
   1913 Webster