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- English Word Tract Definition Track; trace.
- English Word Tract Definition Treatment; exposition.
- English Word Tract Definition Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
- English Word Tract Definition Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
- English Word Tract Definition Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
- English Word Tract Definition To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
- English Word Tractability Definition The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
- English Word Tractable Definition Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
- English Word Tractable Definition Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
- English Word Tractarian Definition One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called "Tracts for the Times," issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite.
- English Word Tractarian Definition Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
- English Word Tractarianism Definition The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."
- English Word Tractate Definition A treatise; a tract; an essay.
- English Word Tractation Definition Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion.
- English Word Tractator Definition One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.
- English Word Tractile Definition Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- English Word Tractility Definition The quality of being tractile; ductility.
- English Word Traction Definition The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
- English Word Traction Definition Specifically, the act of drawing a body along a plane by motive power, as the drawing of a carriage by men or horses, the towing of a boat by a tug.
- English Word Traction Definition Attraction; a drawing toward.