*adit*

n. 1. (Hinduism) one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; gods of celestial light. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extradited p. pr. & vb. n. Extraditing ] To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ex out + traditio a delivering up: cf. F. extradition. See Tradition. ] The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gaditanus, fr. Gades Cadiz. ] Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cadiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lepas, lepadis, limpet, Gr. lepa`s, lepa`dos. ] (Zool.) Same as Lepadoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong tradition. “Monsters of mistradition.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A granitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Tetrad. ] A person in some way remarkable with regard to the number four, as one born on the fourth day of the month, or one who reverenced four persons in the Godhead. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tradicioun, L. traditio, from tradere to give up, transmit. See Treason, Traitor. ] 1. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. “A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.” Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will you mock at an ancient tradition begun upon an honorable respect? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pré. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Theol.) (a) An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai. [ 1913 Webster ]

Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. Mark vii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2 Thess. ii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tradition Sunday (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because the creed was then taught to candidates for baptism at Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The following story is . . . traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis. ] 1. Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a traditional manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By tradition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Traditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Traditionaries [ Cf. F. traditionnare. ] One, among the Jews, who acknowledges the authority of traditions, and explains the Scriptures by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. traditionniste. ] One who adheres to tradition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tradere, traditum, to transmit, give up: cf. F. traditif. ] Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppose we on things traditive divide. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. tradere, traditum. See Traitor. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]