tractate
[ trak-teyt ]
/ ˈtræk teɪt /
noun
a treatise; essay.
RELATED WORDS
essay, autobiography, account, memory, treatise, chronicle, journal, anecdote, life, reminiscence, note, recollection, diary, thesis, narrative, biography, handout, leaflet, flyer, tract
Nearby words
- tract house,
- tract society,
- tractable,
- tractarian,
- tractarianism,
- tractile,
- tractility,
- traction,
- traction alopecia,
- traction control
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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Examples from the Web for tractate
tractate
/ (ˈtrækteɪt) /
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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