1. (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.

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

Christian accepted accustomed acknowledged admitted ancestral approved authentic authoritative autobiographical being done biographical canonical chronologic comme il faut common conformable consuetudinary conventional correct current customary de rigueur decent decorous established evangelical everyday faithful familiar firm fixed folk formal generally accepted habitual hagiographic hallowed handed down heroic historic historied historiographic hoary household immemorial inveterate legendary literal long-established long-standing martyrologic meet mouth mythological normal obtaining of long standing of the faith of the folk old oral ordinary orthodox orthodoxical popular prescribed prescriptive prevalent proper received recognized regular regulation right ritual rooted routine scriptural seemly set sound spoken standard stock textual time-honored traditionalistic tried and true TRUE true-blue understood unwritten usual venerable verbal well-known widespread wonted worshipful