What is "synoptical"

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.

a. synoptic

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]