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treatise

trea·tise [ trtiss ] (plural trea·tis·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
detailed written account of subject: a formal written work that deals with a subject systematically and usually extensively

[14th century. < Anglo-Norman tretiz< Old French traitier (see treat)]
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