treatise
/ˈtriːtɪs
/ /ˈtriːtɪz/noun
A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject: his treatise on Scottish political theory...
- They study magic and write treatises and quarrel, as scholars will, but none of them can cast a spell to save his life.
- He developed his interest in mechanics, writing treatises on his inventions which he circulated in manuscript.
- He wrote several intellectual treatises that are admired even today.
Synonyms
disquisition, essay, paper, work, piece of writing, exposition, discourse, dissertation, thesis, monograph, study, critique;
tract, pamphlet
rare tractate, institutes
Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French tretis, from Old French traitier (see treat).