tralatitious

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tralatitious - 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.
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              Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation
              is one received by expositor from expositor. --W.
                                                    Withington.
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     2. Metaphorical; figurative; not literal. --Stackhouse.
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tralatitious - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]