tractate

[ trak-teyt ]

/ ˈtræk teɪt /

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noun

a treatise; essay.

Nearby words

tract house, tract society, tractable, tractarian, tractarianism, tractate, tractile, traction, traction alopecia, traction control, traction diverticulum

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

Hippocrates, in the tractate on "Ancient Medicine," has a splendid paragraph on the attitude of mind towards the men of the past.
The Evolution of Modern Medicine|William Osler
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
The great defect of this tractate (but its brevity makes178 the defect of less importance) is its singular want of method.
Locke|Thomas Fowler
The tractate, De Erroribus Philosophorum, is attributed to him.
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition|A. S. Turberville

The imperfections include the first leaf, and two leaves in the second chapitre of the fourth tractate, the end is all right.
Game and Playe of the Chesse|Caxton

British Dictionary definitions 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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