Meanings
noun
- obsoletetreatment or handling of a subject; discussion
a full tractation of the points controverted
1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace1 more example
In the tractation of all which things our chief purpose and endeavour shall be (so near as the Lord will give us grace), not so much to intermeddle with outward affairs of princes[…]
1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latintractatio
- Englishtractation
From Latin tractatio.
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