Defn: The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."
TRACTATE
Tract"ate, n. Etym: [L. tractatus a touching, handling, treatise. See
Tractable, and Tract a treatise, Treaty.]
Defn: A treatise; a tract; an essay. Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated. Hare.
TRACTATION
Trac*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. tractatio.]
Defn: Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [Obs.]
A full tractation of the points controverted. Bp. Hall.
TRACTATOR
Trac*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L., a handler.]
Defn: One who writes tracts; specif., a Tractarian. [R.] C. Kingsley.
TRACTILE
Tract"ile, a. Etym: [L. trahere, tractum, to draw.]
Defn: Capable of being drawn out in length; ductile. Bacon.
TRACTILITY
Trac*til"i*ty, n.