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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How to use tractate in a sentence

Which ancient tractate will she expect the assembled legislators to learn from then?
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The tractate is described as a very elaborate and learned compilation from the Fathers upon the sanctity of the Sabbath.
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Then there is a commentary on the "Cantica of Avicenna," and a tractate on the "Theriac."
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The imperfections include the first leaf, and two leaves in the second chapitre of the fourth tractate, the end is all right.
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He realized in the cultivation of himself his definition of education, given in his tractate 'Of Education.
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In his tractate on Education there is not a word on the education of girls, and yet he wanted an intellectual female companion.
Life of John Milton | Richard Garnett

British Dictionary definitions for tractate

tractate

/ (ˈtrækteɪt) /

noun

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

Origin of tractate

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

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