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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

tralatitius

translatitius

tralaticius

translaticius

. See

Passed along; handed down; transmitted.

Among biblical critics a

tralatitious

interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor.

W. Withington.

Metaphorical; figurative; not literal.

Stackhouse.

Adj.

[L. translatus, transfero.]

Metaphorical; not literal.