Synoptical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  synoptical
       adj : presenting or taking the same point of view; used especially
             of the first three gospels of the New Testament; "the
             synoptic Gospels" [syn: {synoptic}]