Tract from English Society perhaps (5)
I believe the answer is:
essay
'tract' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'english society perhaps' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'perhaps' becomes 'say' (both can mean 'for example').
'e'+'s'+'say'='ESSAY'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for essay that I've seen before include "Composition; attempt" , "Written composition" , "Trial, piece of writing" , "Short treatise" , "Test" .)