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summa

n. countable
C2 Proficiency US //ˈsumə// sum·ma

n. a very important book or a collection of writings that covers a subject in great detail. It is often the most complete work on a specific topic.

n. a comprehensive treatise or a collection of writings that provides a complete account of a subject. Often used in the plural to refer to the complete works of a philosopher or theologian.


SIMPLE

The philosopher's Summa is still studied in universities today.

CONTEXTUAL

Scholars spent years translating the Summa from Latin to make the author's complex ideas accessible to a modern audience.

COMPLEX

The theologian's Summa represents the pinnacle of medieval thought, synthesizing Aristotelian logic with Christian doctrine to create a systematic framework for understanding the divine.

Origin

From Latin summa.

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