Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cyclopedia

Cyclopedia (s?`kl?-p?"d?-?) , noun

[New Latin, from Greek ky`klos circle + paidei`a the bringing up of a child, education, erudition, from paidey`ein to bring up a child. See Cycle, and compare Encyclopedia, Pedagogue.]

1.
The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
2.
A work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics; an encyclopedia. See Encyclopedia.

Also: Cyclopaedia