Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Traditor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Traditor \Trad"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. tradere, traditum. See
{Traitor}.] (Eccl. Hist.)
A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who
delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to
their persecutors to save their lives. --Milner.
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.