Epitome

n.	1.	A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. - Sydney Smith.
	2.	A compact or condensed representation of anything; something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class. An epitome of English fashionable life. - Carlyle. A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. - Dryden.

Noun	1.	epitome - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" Synonyms: prototype, paradigm, image
	2.	epitome - a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

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