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Webster 1913 Edition


Traditionary

Tra-di′tion-a-ry

,
Adj.
Traditional.
The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish
traditionary
interpolations.
Buckminster.

Tra-di′tion-a-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Traditionaries
.
[Cf. F.
traditionnare
.]
One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.

Webster 1828 Edition


Traditionary

TRADI'TIONARY

,
Adj.
Delivered orally from father to son; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as traditional opinions; traditional evidence; the traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations, are unrivaled in the regions of absurdity.
2.
Observant of tradition. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


traditionary

traditionary

English

Adjective

traditionary (comparative more traditionary, superlative most traditionary)

  1. (now rare, archaic) Traditional.
    • 1852, Washington Irving, Tales from the Alhambra:
      First you hear the bells […], or perhaps the voice of the muleteer, admonishing some tardy or wandering animal, or chanting, at the full stretch of his lungs, some traditionary ballad.
    • Buckminster
      The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations.

Noun

traditionary (plural traditionaries)

  1. (Judaism) someone who places emphasis on traditions