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Tractoriee
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a name sometimes given to the circular letters of metropolitans summoning the bishops to a council. These circular letters were a legal summons, which no bishop of the province might disobey under: pain of suspension, or some such canonical censure. See Bingham, Christ. Antiq. bk. 2, ch. 16: 17.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Tractoriee'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/tractoriee.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.