tract


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noun

Definition of TRACT

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

Origin of TRACT

Middle English, treatise, from Medieval Latin tractus, perhaps alteration of Latin tractatus tractate
First Known Use: 1760

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