1.
[syn: handed-down, tralatitious]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tralatitious \Tral`a*ti"tious\, a. [L. tralatitius,
translatitius, tralaticius, translaticius. See Tralation.]
1. Passed along; handed down; transmitted.
[1913 Webster]
Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation
is one received by expositor from expositor. --W.
Withington.
[1913 Webster]
2. Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. --Stackhouse.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tralatitious
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]