tract

English

/tɹækt/

noun
Definitions
  • An area or expanse.
  • A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  • A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  • A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
  • A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  • Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
  • Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
  • (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything.
  • (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments.
  • (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal.
  • (obsolete) Track; trace.
  • (obsolete) Treatment; exposition.

Etymology

Derived from Latin tractatus, tractus (dragged, plundered, extracted, pulling, drawing, squandered).

Origin

Latin

tractus

Gloss

dragged, plundered, extracted, pulling, drawing, squandered

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