treatise

(trē'tĭs)
n.

1. A systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject.
2. Obsolete. A tale or narrative.

[Middle English treatis, from Anglo-Norman tretiz, alteration of treteiz, from Vulgar Latin *tractātīcius, from Latin tractātus, past participle of tractāre, to drag about, deal with. See treat.]

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A formal, lengthy exposition of a topic: discourse, disquisition, dissertation. See words.

treatise [tree‐tiz], a written work devoted to the systematic examination of a particular subject, usually philosophical or scientific.

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A scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as criminal law or land-use control.

Lawyers commonly use treatises in order to review the law and update their knowledge of pertinent case decisions and statutes.

IN BRIEF: A formal exposition.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. — John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

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For a list of words related to treatise, see:

• Books and Pages - treatise: systematic exposition of arguments, principles involved, and conclusions reached
• Reason and Rationale - treatise: systematic exposition of essentials of argument and its conclusion

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afhandling

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhandeling

Français (French)
n. - traité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abhandlung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πραγματεία, διατριβή

Italiano (Italian)
trattato, dissertazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tratado (obra sobre determinado assunto) (m)

Русский (Russian)
трактат

Español (Spanish)
n. - tratado, relación, narración

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avhandling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
论文, 论述

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 論文, 論述

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 논문, 논설

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 論文

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رساله, بحث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחקר, מסה‬

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