Vocabulary : Tract to Tractility
Tract : A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. ;; Something drawn out or extended; expanse. ;; A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. ;; Traits; features; lineaments. ;; The footprint of a wild beast. ;; Track; trace. ;; Treatment; exposition. ;; Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. ;; Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. ;; 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. ;; To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.Tractability : The quality or state of being tractable or docile; docility; tractableness.
Tractable : Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed; docile; manageable; governable; as, tractable children; a tractable learner. ;; Capable of being handled; palpable; practicable; feasible; as, tractable measures.
Tractarian : 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. ;; Of or pertaining to the Tractarians, or their principles.
Tractarianism : The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the "Tracts for the Times."
