dictionary definitions for "traditional"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]


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