tractate

[ trak-teyt ]
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noun
  1. a treatise; essay.

Origin of tractate

1
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

  • 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
  1. a short tract; treatise

  2. Judaism one of the volumes of the Talmud

Origin of tractate

1
C15: from Latin tractātus, from tractāre to handle; see tractable

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