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treatise
treatise [ trtiss, trtiz ] (plural treatises)


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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