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Handed-down

Handed-down Meaning & Definition
Handed-down Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Handed-down?

[adj] having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Handed-down: traditional | tralatitious

Related Terms | Find terms related to Handed-down: acknowledged | admitted | conventional | customary | established | fixed | folk | hallowed | heroic | hoary | immemorial | inveterate | legendary | long-established | long-standing | mythological | of long standing | of the folk | oral | prescriptive | received | recognized | rooted | time-honored | traditional | tried and true | true-blue | understood | unwritten | venerable | worshipful

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