tractate

[ trak-teyt ]

noun

1. a treatise; essay.

tractate

/ ˈtrækteɪt /

noun

1. a short tract; treatise
2. Judaism one of the volumes of the Talmud

Word History and Origins

Origin of tractate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tractate¹

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

Example Sentences

Then they went on to another tractate, fought over another passage, and this time Reb Saunders agreed, his face glowing, that his son was correct.

From Literature

AT 3AM, a thousand young men are all poring over the same page in the Babylonian Talmud tractate of Kiddushin, which deals with definitions of matrimony in ancient rabbinical law.

From Economist

This particular page is the first chapter of the first tractate in the Talmud, named Berakhot or "Blessings".

From BBC

Ten months later Seneca wrote his tractate on Clemency.

From Project Gutenberg

If Mr. Murray does not sell ten or twenty thousand copies of this amusing tractate, we shall be greatly deceived.

From Project Gutenberg

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• thesis
• treatise