Definition of traditional Traditional

/tɹʌdɪˈʃʌnʌl/ - [trudishunul] - tra•di•tion•al

We found 8 definitions of traditional from 4 different sources.

What does traditional mean?

Adjective
traditional - consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality"
		nontraditional, untraditional not conforming to or in accord with tradition; "nontraditional designs"; "nontraditional practices"
		conventional following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
		handed-down, tralatitious having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor"
traditional - pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"
		orthodox adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"

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traditional (Adjective)
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.
traditional (Adjective)
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
traditional (Adjective)
in lieu In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.

traditional (a.)
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.
traditional (a.)
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.