TRADITIOUS ADJ. of the nature of tradition; that has been passed down as a tradition; traditional ...1612 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin tradit-, past participial stem of trādere (to hand over, to deliver, to relate, to tell of) + -ious FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1612 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...where the people leaue the right arms of their Infants males vnchristned (as they terme it) to the end that at any time afterwards, they may giue a more deadly, and vngratious blow when they strike: which things do not only shew how palpably they are carried away by traditious obscurities, but doe also intimate how full their hearts bee of inueterate reuenge..." From: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine Presenting an Exact Geography of the Kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Iles Adioyning: With the Shires, Hundreds, Cities and Shire-Townes, Within Ye Kingdome of England, Divided and Described by Iohn Speed - John Speed
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