Tractate

Tractate
Tractate Tract"ate, n. [L. tractatus a touching, handling, treatise. See Tractable, and {Tract} a treatise, {Treaty}.] A treatise; a tract; an essay. [1913 Webster]

Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated. --Hare. [1913 Webster]


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  • tractate — trac·tate …   English syllables

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  • tractate — /ˈtrækteɪt/ (say traktayt) noun a treatise; a tract. {late Middle English, from Latin tractātus handling, discussion, treatise} …  

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