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Definition of: glossary
(glos′ə·rē, glôs′-) noun plural ·ries
1. A lexicon of the obsolete, obscure, or foreign words of a work.
2. Any explanatory vocabulary, as of a science. [<L glossarium <glossa GLOSS2]
—glos·sar·i·al (glo·sâr′ē·əl, glô-) adjective
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