tract society

noun

1. a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tract society¹

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60

Example Sentences

Rev. Mr. Alvord, the agent of a Tract Society, gives the following account of their labors.

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The Tract Society could afford to print that story of Putnam.

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What has jarred and shaken the great American Tract Society recently,—not yet splitting it, but sure to divide it in the end?

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We had plenty of anecdotes, but they were all poor and pointless—Tract Society anecdotes of the feeblest kind.

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A temperance society, a dispensary, a tract society, and a literary association (the Hamilton) were organized.

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