The sources, however, have disappeared in the severe abridgement which has reduced the lexicon to a glossary, copious though that remains. |
If I recall correctly this is actually an abridgement or condensation of a longer, more academically-oriented book. |
The present book is an abridgement of Congar's massive two-volume work on tradition, and is highly recommended for both personal study and classroom use. |
Not even Balzac was too great for abridgement, carped the critics. |
Work on abridgement of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's masterpiece Tarjumanul Quran is going to be started soon. |
In this eight-disc set, an abridgement of the book of the same name and the first of three volumes, Simon Schama retells the creation of modern Britain. |