TRACT

Tract

A tract is a literary work, and in current usage, usually religious in nature. The notion of what constitutes a tract has changed over time. By the early part of the 21st century, these meant small pamphlets used for religious and political purposes, though far more often the former. They are often either left for someone to find or handed out. However, there have been times in history when the term implied tome-like works.

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tract

Noun

  1. An area or expanse.
    an unexplored tract of sea
  2. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
  3. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
  4. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
  5. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
  6. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
  7. 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.
  8. Continuity or extension of anything.
    the tract of speech
  9. Traits; features; lineaments.
  10. The footprint of a wild animal.
  11. Track; trace.
  12. Treatment; exposition.

Verb

  1. To pursue, follow; to track.
  2. To draw out; to protract.


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