noun

pandect

pan·dect

pandect · pandects

Pandekten

Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law…Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).

UK/ˈpændɛkt/US/ˈpænˌdɛkt/

Meaning

3 senses

(Ancient Rome, historical)Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).
Pandekten
(broadly, rare)Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.
(also, broadly, figuratively)A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically (Christianity) a manuscript of the entire Bible.

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By meaning 1

compendium of writings on Roman law:

Origin

Sense 3 (“comprehensive treatise”) is from Latin pandectēs (“book that contains everything

Sense 3 (“comprehensive treatise”) is from Latin pandectēs (“book that contains everything, encyclopedia”), from Ancient Greek πανδέκτης (pandéktēs, “encyclopedia”, literally “all-receiver”), from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all’) (from πᾶς (pâs, “all”)) + δέκτης (déktēs, “receiver, recipient”) (from δέχομαι (dékhomai, “to receive”) (from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take; to perceive”)) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming agent nouns)).

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