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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]