1. having been passed along from generation to generation; - Example: "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor" [syn: handed-down, tralatitious]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
handed-down
adj 1: having been passed along from generation to generation;
"among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is
one received by expositor from expositor" [syn: handed-
down, tralatitious]