Treatise
treatise (?), n. (OE. tretis, OF.treitis, traitis, well made. See Treat.)
1. A written composition on a particular subject, in
which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract.
Chaucer.
He published a treatise in which he maintained that a
marriage between a member of the Church of England and a dissenter was a
nullity. Macaulay.
f A treatise implies more form and method than an
essay, but may fall short of the fullness and completeness of a
systematic exposition.
2. Story; discourse. (R.) Shak.
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