TRACTATE

Etymology

Noun

tractate (plural tractates)

A treatise,

Source: Wiktionary


Tract"ate, n. Etym: [L. tractatus a touching, handling, treatise. See Tractable, and Tract a treatise, Treaty.]

Definition: A treatise; a tract; an essay. Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated. Hare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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