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n. A systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject.

n. Obsolete A tale or narrative.

n. A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

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

n. Story; discourse.

n. Discourse; talk; tale.

n. A written composition in which the principles of a particular subject are discussed or explained.

n. A treaty.

n. a formal exposition

"Ruskin, having formed the pleasant little original design of abolishing the difference between Popery and Protestantism, through the persuasive influence of his own special eloquence, set forth his views upon the matter in a book which he termed a treatise "on the construction of sheepfolds.""

piece of writing    writing    written material   

tract    dissertation    pamphlet    monograph    thesis   

tract    story    discourse    composition    commentary    tractate    tractlet    monograph    handbook    dissertation   

Cetus    Milpitas    Thetis    fetus    margaritas   

writing    essay    lecture    discourse    pamphlet    poem    commentary    biography    exposition    journal