1.
[syn: synoptic, synoptical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synoptic \Syn*op"tic\, Synoptical \Syn*op"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. synoptique. See Synopsis.]
Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal
parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical
statement of an argument. "The synoptic Gospels." --Alford.
-- Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
synoptical
adj 1: presenting or taking the same point of view; used
especially with regard to the first three gospels of the
New Testament; "synoptic sayings" [syn: synoptic,
synoptical]