| Tract 1. (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. 2. (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse. 3. (n.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. 4. (v.) Traits; features; lineaments. 5. (n.) The footprint of a wild beast. 6. (v.) Track; trace. 7. (v.) Treatment; exposition. 8. (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. 9. (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. 10. (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday before Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons. 11. (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protect. Thesaurus Entries Alleluia, Anamnesis, Benedicite, Blessing, Canon, Collect, Communion, Consecration, Credo, Dismissal, Epistle, Fraction, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Gospel, Gradual, Holy Grail, Host, Introit, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, Offertory, Paternoster, Pax, Pieta, Post-Communion, Preface, Sanctus, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, Secreta, Te Deum, Tersanctus, Tract, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, beadroll, beads, candle, canticle, censer, chant, chaplet, chorale, ciborium, cross, crucifix, cruet, doxology, eucharistial, hallelujah, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, hosanna, hymn, hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, icon, incensory, laud, mantra, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, osculatory, ostensorium, paean, paschal candle, pax, phylacteries, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, psalm, psalmody, pyx, relics, report, response, responsory, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell, shofar, sukkah, tabernacle, tallith, thurible, urceole, veronica, versicle, vigil light, votive candle |