Tradition Sunday (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; — so called because the creed
was then taught to candidates for baptism at Easter.
Tra*di"tion, v. t. To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
[Obs.]
The following story is . . . traditioned with very much credit amongst
our English Catholics.
Fuller.
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.
Tra*di"tion*al*ism (?), n. A system of faith founded on tradition;
esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon
what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational
processes.
Tra*di"tion*al*ist (?), n. An advocate of, or believer in,
traditionalism; a traditionist.
Tra*di"tion*al*ly, adv. In a traditional manner.
Tra*di"tion*a*ri*ly (?), adv. By tradition.
Tra*di"tion*a*ry (?), a. Traditional.
The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary
interpolations.
Buckminster.
Tra*di"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Traditionaries (&?;). [Cf. F. traditionnare.]
One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and
explains the Scriptures by them.
{ Tra*di"tion*er (?), Tra*di"tion*ist, } n. [Cf. F. traditionniste.]
One who adheres to tradition.
Trad"i*tive (?), a. [L. tradere, traditum, to transmit, give up: cf. F.
traditif.] Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from
age, by oral communication; traditional. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
Suppose we on things traditive divide.
Dryden.
||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.
||
Tra*duce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Traduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Traducing (?).] [L. traducere, traductum, to lead across, lead along,
exhibit as a spectacle, disgrace, transfer, derive; trans across, over
+ ducere to lead: cf. F. traduire to transfer, translate, arraign, fr.
L. traducere. See Duke.] 1. To transfer; to transmit; to hand down; as,
to traduce mental qualities to one's descendants. [Obs.] Glanvill.
2. To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and
compose works. [Obs.] Golden Boke.