Tral·a·ti·tious a.
1. Passed along; handed down; transmitted.
Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor. --W. Withington.
2. Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.
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tralatitious
adj : having been passed along from generation to generation;
"among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation
is one received by expositor from expositor" [syn: handed-down]