# tractate

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #97,642

## Definitions
1. A treatise.

## Etymology
From Middle English tractate, from Latin tractātus, past participle of tractō (“discuss”), the iterative or frequentative of trahō. Doublet of treaty.

## Source
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