/ ˈsɪləbəs; NAmE / noun
( pl. syl·la·buses or less frequent syl·labi / ˈsɪləbaɪ; NAmE /) a list of the topics, books, etc. that students should study in a particular subject at school or college
—compare curriculum
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent. (in the sense concise table of headings of a discourse ): modern Latin , originally a misreading of Latin sittybas , accusative plural of sittyba , from Greek sittuba title slip, label.