Hypertext Webster Gateway: "traditional"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs;
old-fashioned. [R.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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"
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