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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tractate \Tract"ate\, n. [L. tractatus a touching, handling, treatise. See Tractable, and Tract a treatise, Treaty.] A treatise; a tract; an essay. [1913 Webster] Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated. --Hare. [1913 Webster]