Found 2 items, similar to tralatitious.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tralatitious
tralatitious
adj : having been passed along from generation to generation;
“among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation
is one received by expositor from expositor” [syn:
handed-down]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tralatitious
Tralatitious
\Tral`a*ti"tious\, a. [L. tralatitius,
translatitius, tralaticius, translaticius. See
Tralation.]
1. Passed along; handed down; transmitted.
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Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation
is one received by expositor from expositor. --W.
Withington.
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2. Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. --Stackhouse.
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