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tractation

tractation noun: treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.

Noun

tractation

  1. (obsolete) treatment or handling of a subject; discussion
    • a full tractation of the points controverted1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace
    • In the tractation of all which things our chief purpose and endeavour shall be (so near as the Lord will give us grace), not so much to intermeddle with outward affairs of princes[…]1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

Origin of tractation

From Latin tractatio.

Questions about tractation

What does tractation mean?
Tractation means treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.
What part of speech is tractation?
Tractation is a noun.

Words near tractation in the dictionary

  1. Tractarianizes
  2. Tractarianizing
  3. Tractarians
  4. tractate
  5. tractates
  6. tractation
  7. tractator
  8. tractators
  9. tractatrix
  10. tracted
  11. tractella

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