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n.
A treatise; a tract.
n.
A tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.
n.
The act of drawing, or the state of being drawn; as, the traction of a muscle.
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A treatise; a tract; an essay.
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One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian.
n.
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.
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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.
v. t.
Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner.
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A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
n.
A Tractarian.
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The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
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A tractrix.
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Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
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Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
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The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."
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The quality of being tractile; ductility.
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An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.
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Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
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Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
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Tractable; moderate.
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