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Definition of Treatise

1. Noun. A formal exposition.

Definition of Treatise

1. n. A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract.

Definition of Treatise

1. Noun. A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject. ¹

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Definition of Treatise

1. a formal and systematic written account of a subject [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Treatise

Literary usage of Treatise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"The epistle dedicatory to his ' Threefold treatise on the Sabbath'bears date'London, 20 March 1641.' The posthumous ' Thesaurus Biblicus ' (1644, ..."

2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"He omits, for example, such well-known works as Morse's treatise on Citizenship and Naturalization and Van Dyne on Citizenship. ..."

3. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1892)
"treatise Upon the young and ardent mind of Gratian, St. Ambrose, in the fervour of his zeal for Nicene orthodoxy, and with that wealth of experience which ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"V) ; Browne, 'treatise on the Construction of the Statute of Frauds' (Sth ed., Boston 1895) ; Smith, 'treatise on the Law of Frauds and the Statute of ..."

5. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri by Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt (1903)
"A treatise on Rhetoric in the Doric dialect is something of a surprise, ... To the same period and probably to the same school the present treatise is also ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Whilst in his earlier treatise he had kept within the narrow limits of strict economics, in his later work he enlarged the sphere of discussion, ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"If the treatise "Quod idola non dii sint" is by St. Cyprian (d. about 258) ... It is true that the attribution of the aforesaid treatise to St. Cyprian has ..."

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