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tractate

[trak-teyt]
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noun

a treatise; essay.

Origin of tractate

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin tractātus, Latin: handling, treatment, equivalent to tractā(re) to handle, treat (frequentative of trahere to draw) + -tus suffix of v. action
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Related Words for tractate

essay, autobiography, account, memory, treatise, chronicle, journal, anecdote, life, reminiscence, note, recollection, diary, thesis, narrative, biography, handout, leaflet, flyer, tract

Examples from the Web for tractate

Historical Examples of tractate

  • Then there is a commentary on the "Cantica of Avicenna," and a tractate on the "Theriac."

  • The tractate, De Erroribus Philosophorum, is attributed to him.

  • The Mishnic tractate Sabbath stands at the head of twelve tractates on festivals.

    Flowers of Freethought

    George W. Foote

  • Hippocrates, in the tractate on "Ancient Medicine," has a splendid paragraph on the attitude of mind towards the men of the past.

  • The tractate is described as a very elaborate and learned compilation from the Fathers upon the sanctity of the Sabbath.

    East Anglia

    J. Ewing Ritchie

British Dictionary definitions for tractate

tractate

noun

a short tract; treatise
Judaism one of the volumes of the Talmud

Word Origin for tractate

C15: from Latin tractātus, from tractāre to handle; see tractable
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