Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
consisting of or derived from tradition;
- Example: "traditional history"- Example: "traditional morality"2.
pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines;
- Example: "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs;
old-fashioned. [R.] --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"