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Traditionary

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Tra`di´tion`a`ry
a.1.Traditional.
The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations.
- Buckminster.
n.1.One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them.


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He saw--or else deceived himself--that, throughout this epoch, the people's disposition to self-government had been growing weaker through long disuse, and now existed only as a faint traditionary feeling.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
In fact, this scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old time, to be as effectual an agent, in the promotion of good citizenship, as ever was the guillotine among the terrorists of France.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The steersman often sings an old traditionary French song, with some regular burden in which they all join, keeping time with their oars; if at any time they flag in spirits or relax in exertion, it is but necessary to strike up a song of the kind to put them all in fresh spirits and activity.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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