TRACT


Meaning of TRACT in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, treatise, from Medieval Latin tractus, perhaps alteration of Latin tractatus tractate

Date: 1760

: a pamphlet or leaflet of political or religious propaganda also : a piece of writing that is suggestive of such a tract

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