'Tralatitious' definitions:
Definition of 'tralatitious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Tralatitious'
From: GCIDE
- 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]