traditive, a. Now rare.
(ˈtrædɪtɪv)
[app. ad. obs. F. traditif, -ive (15th c.) traditional, f. L. trādit-us, pa. pple. of trādĕre to hand over, deliver: see -ive.]
1. Characterized by, belonging to, or being transmitted by, tradition; traditional, traditionary.
| 1611 Cotgr., Traditif, traditiue, or of tradition. 1638 Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. ii. §89. 85 If there be any Traditiue Interpretation of Scripture, produce it. 1642 Jer. Taylor Episc. (1647) 381 None of the Fathers ever expounded this place of Lay-Elders, so that we have a traditive interpretation of it in prejudice to the pretence of our new office. 1836 Keble Serm. viii. Postscr. (1848) 395 The question lay between traditive and private interpretation. 1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 206 That mysterious combination of traditive with original elements in diction, which Milton and Virgil, alone of poets known to us, have effected. |
2. Orally delivered. rare.
| 1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. Whitaker's Disput. 553 Paul in this place mentions both traditive and written teaching, and that justly, considering the time. |