A lengthy lecture on a subject; a treatise; a discourse; a sermon.
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.