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}]
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]