traditional Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective consisting of or derived from tradition
    • traditional history
    • traditional morality
  2. adjective satellite pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines
    • the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished

WordNet

Tra*di"tion*al adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.
Definitions
  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.
  2. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. R. Shak.

Webster 1913