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Meaning of HANDED-DOWN

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 Definition: [adj]  having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor"
 
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 Synonyms: traditional, tralatitious
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: acknowledged, admitted, conventional, customary, established, fixed, folk, hallowed, heroic, hoary, immemorial, inveterate, legendary, long-established, long-standing, mythological, of long standing, of the folk, oral, prescriptive, received, recognized, rooted, time-honored, traditional, tried and true, true-blue, understood, unwritten, venerable, worshipful
 

 

 

 

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