treatise [tree-tis] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
Origin of treatise 1300–50; Middle English tretis Anglo-French tretiz, akin to Old French traitier to treat Related Words for treatises essay, dissertation, pamphlet, discourse, thesis, commentary, memoir, monograph, script, review, work, argument, writing, book, paper, exposition, disquisition, tract, composition, discussion Examples from the Web for treatises Historical Examples of treatises
And have you not also met with the treatises of philosophers who say that like must love like?
Plato
Read on this subject the learned reply of Father Balthus to the treatises of MM.
Augustin Calmet
Altogether there are some dozen treatises from these three men on chemical subjects.
James J. Walsh
Altogether he wrote some eighteen treatises on chemical subjects.
James J. Walsh
Then there were treatises on grammar, on orthography, and a series of works on mathematics.
James J. Walsh
British Dictionary definitions for treatises treatise noun
- a formal work on a subject, esp one that deals systematically with its principles and conclusions
- an obsolete word for narrative
Word Origin for treatise C14: from Anglo-French tretiz, from Old French tretier to treat Word Origin and History for treatises treatise n.
c.1300, from Anglo-French tretiz (mid-13c.), contracted from Old French traiteiz, from Gallo-Romance *tractaticius, from Latin tractare “to deal with” (see treat).