pandect /ˈpændɛkt/ noun3 •A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically (Christianity) a manuscript of the entire Bible.The table of contents which we insert here will give a just idea of the method with which this small pandect of morality is composed. — 1750 •(historical) Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).But the jurisprudence of the Pandects is circumscribed within a period of an hundred years, from the perpetual edict to the death of Severus Alexander: [...] — 1788 •(rare) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.Give me the Pandects of the Law Divine, / Such was the Law made Moses face to shine. — 1682 formspandects
