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adj. having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor"

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transmissible, ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmitted

adj. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"

willed

adj. (voluntary)

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conventional

adj. in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; "a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white"; "the conventional handshake"

time-honored, time-honoured

adj. acceptable for a long time; "time-honored customs"

traditionalistic

adj. adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices

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