Definition of Tralatitious

1. Adjective. Having been passed along from generation to generation. "Among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor"

Exact synonyms: Handed-down
Similar to: Traditional

Definition of Tralatitious

1. a. Passed along; handed down; transmitted.

Definition of Tralatitious

1. Adjective. transferred ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of words or phrases) metaphorical ¹

3. Adjective. passed down; transmitted from one to another ¹

4. Adjective. (obsolete) passed around; common ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tralatitious

trajected
trajecting
trajection
trajections
trajector
trajectories
trajectory
trajects
trake
trakes
tralatician
tralaticious
tralation
tralatition
tralatitions
tralatitious (current term)
tralatitiously
tralineate
tralineates
tralineating
tralomethrin
tralucencies
tralucency
tram
tram driver
tram drivers
tram lines
tram route
tram stop
tram track

Literary usage of Tralatitious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on Jurisprudence, Or, The Philosophy of Positive Law by John Austin (1885)
"... or tralatitious. :u other words, it merely consisted of rules and provisions, which he translated (transferred or adopted) from the edict of iiis ..."

2. The Province of Jurisprudence Determined: Being the First Part of a Series by John Austin, Sarah Austin (1863)
"It rarely happened that the general Edict of a Praetor was purely tralatitious. For incessant changes in the position and opinions of the community created ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1803)
"they who apply to him so many other Texts, which can, at moit, refer to him in only a secondary and tralatitious sense. In Abp. Seeker's MS. ..."

4. Lectures on jurisprudence or the philosophy of positive law by John Austin (1885)
"... or tralatitious. in other words, it merely consisted of rules and provisions, which he translated (transferred or adopted) from the edict of his ..."

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