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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


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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tractate1

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

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Example Sentences

Which ancient tractate will she expect the assembled legislators to learn from then?

The tractate is described as a very elaborate and learned compilation from the Fathers upon the sanctity of the Sabbath.

Then there is a commentary on the "Cantica of Avicenna," and a tractate on the "Theriac."

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

He realized in the cultivation of himself his definition of education, given in his tractate 'Of Education.

In his Tractate on Education there is not a word on the education of girls, and yet he wanted an intellectual female companion.

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