traditional

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   consisting of or derived from tradition

   traditional history

2. 2
   adj

   pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines

   the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished

3. 3
   adj

   Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

   This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.

4. 4
   adj

   Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.

   traditional expositions of the Scriptures

5. 5
   adj

   Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.

   Ryoteis usually look like traditional Japanese inns or even private homes.

6. 6
   adj

   Relating to traditional Chinese.

   The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.

7. 7
   noun

   Anything that is traditional, conventional, standard.

   Singer Paula Elliot closed the evening's performances with a number of gospel, jazz and blues tunes. Elliot concentrated mostly on traditionals like "Motherless Child," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "God Bless the Child," and "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues."

8. 8
   adj

   In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.

Etymology

From tradition + -al.