tralatitious

from 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}]

from 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.
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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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