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English

Adjective

traditional

Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.

Derived terms

traditionally adverb
nontraditional

Related terms

tradition noun

Translations

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fa:traditional fr:traditional ko:traditional hy:traditional io:traditional kk:traditional lt:traditional hu:traditional nl:traditional ja:traditional pl:traditional ru:traditional simple:traditional fi:traditional ta:traditional te:traditional vi:traditional zh:traditional

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Traditional \Tra*di"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F. traditionnel, LL.
traditionalis.]
1. Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition;
communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only;
transmitted from age to age without writing; as,
traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional
expositions of the Scriptures.
[1913 Webster]

2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs;
old-fashioned. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet traditional
adj 1: consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional
history"; "traditional morality" [ant: nontraditional]
2: pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple
security of traditional assumptions has vanished"

Moby Dictionary
Christian , accepted , accustomed , acknowledged , admitted , ancestral ,
approved , authentic , authoritative , autobiographical , being done ,
biographical , canonical , chronologic , comme il faut , common ,
conformable , consuetudinary , conventional , correct , current ,
customary , de rigueur , decent , decorous , established , evangelical ,
everyday , faithful , familiar , firm , fixed , folk , formal ,
generally accepted , habitual , hagiographic , hallowed , handed down ,
heroic , historic , historied , historiographic , hoary , household ,
immemorial , inveterate , legendary , literal , long-established ,
long-standing , martyrologic , meet , mouth , mythological , normal ,
obtaining , of long standing , of the faith , of the folk , old , oral ,
ordinary , orthodox , orthodoxical , popular , prescribed ,
prescriptive , prevalent , proper , received , recognized , regular ,
regulation , right , ritual , rooted , routine , scriptural , seemly ,
set , sound , spoken , standard , stock , textual , time-honored ,
traditionalistic , tried and true , true , true-blue , understood ,
unwritten , usual , venerable , verbal , well-known , widespread ,
wonted , worshipful