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tract society

noun

a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.

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Words nearby tract society

trackwalker, trackway, track‐train dynamics, tract, tract house, tract society, tractable, tractarian, tractarianism, tractate, tractile

Origin of tract society

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
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