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A treatise upon, or a history and description of, the water of the earth.

A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health. [R.]

A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.

A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

A treatise on fishes.

he use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. Some initiatory treatises in the law. Herbert. Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. J. M. Mason.

A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

e under Periodic. -- Roman law, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See Civil law (above). -- Statute law, the law as stated in statu…

uty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.

A treatise on stones found in the body.

The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley.

A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.

A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.

The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals.

cilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." Addison.

The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method. Coleridge.

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

A treatise or book on this science.

A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.