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Meaning Of Tract

  1. n.
    A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
  2. v.
    Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
  3. v.
    A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
  4. v.
    Traits; features; lineaments.
  5. v.
    The footprint of a wild beast.
  6. v.
    Track; trace.
  7. v.
    Treatment; exposition.
  8. v.
    Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
  9. v.
    Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
  10. v.
    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.
  11. v. t.
    To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.



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