summa

Definition

A comprehensive summary of, or treatise on a subject, especially theology or philosophy.

Etymology

From Latin summa.

Example Sentences

• "In size, scope, and graphic ambition [the map] is a summa of the mapping art of the day, represented in paint by Vermeer."
• "The painting is a “summa” of the various trends that intertwined and developed during those crucial years of the early sixteenth century in Florence."
• "Rockefeller Center is at once a summa of the Art Deco style, and a look ahead to the Internationalist style that dominated after World War II."