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Tralatitious
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What's The Definition Of Tralatitious?
[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 Tralatitious: handed-down | traditional Related Terms | Find terms related to Tralatitious: See Also | Tralatitious In Webster's Dictionary \Tral`a*ti"tious\, a. [L. tralatitius,
translatitius, tralaticius, translaticius. See {Tralation}.]
1. Passed along; handed down; transmitted.
Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation
is one received by expositor from expositor. --W.
Withington.
2. Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. --Stackhouse.
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