traditionary
traditionary adjective: traditional, of or relating to tradition.
Adjective
traditionary (comparative more traditionary, superlative most traditionary)
- Traditional, of or relating to tradition.
- […] they are ready to think it an hereticall way for any man to step out of the beaten trod of their teachers traditionary religion.1614, John Robinson, “Preface”, in Of Religious Communion Private, & Publique, n.p
- […] as few or no records were extant in those days, and traditionary history stuff’d with fables, it was very easy after the lapse of a few generations, to trump up some superstitious tale conveniently timed, Mahomet like, to cram hereditary right down the throats of the vulgar.1776, Thomas Paine, “Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession”, in Common Sense, Philadelphia, page 13
Noun
traditionary (plural traditionaries)
- Someone who places emphasis on traditions.
Examples of traditionary in a sentence
- The reveries of the Talmud, which are a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations, are unrivalled in the regions of absurdity.1814, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, Sermons of the Late Rev. J. S. Buckminster, Boston: J. Eliot, “Sermon 2”, p. 32
- 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.1832, Tales from the Alhambra, Washington Irving, published 1851:
- And, with their old traditionary song, […]1874, John Hookham Frere, “From Catullus: Carm. IV”, in The Works of the Right Hon. John Hookham Frere, volume II, London: B. M. Pickering...
- But the literary critic must also resist the notion that the biblical text is a more or less unwitting accretion of traditionary materials […]1991, Robert Alter, chapter 1, in The World of Biblical Literature, Basic Books, page 15:
Forms of traditionary
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more traditionary |
| superlative | most traditionary |
| Noun | |
| plural | traditionaries |
Origin of traditionary
From tradition + -ary.
Words formed from traditionary
Questions about traditionary
- What does traditionary mean?
- Traditionary means traditional, of or relating to tradition.
- How do you use traditionary in a sentence?
- The reveries of the Talmud, which are a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations, are unrivalled in the regions of absurdity.
- What part of speech is traditionary?
- Traditionary can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near traditionary in the dictionary
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