What is "handed-down" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does handed-down mean in English? Meaning of handed-down definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "handed-down" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "handed-down": having been passed along from generation to generation

Adjective

  • Meaning: having been passed along from generation to generation
  • Example: among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor
  • Synonyms: handed-down tralatitious
  • Similar: traditional
  • Synonyms:

    fabulous, storied, fabled, mythical, allegorical, apocryphal, customary, doubtful, dubious, fanciful, imaginary, imaginative, improbable, related, romantic, traditional, unreal, invented, mythological, created, fabricated, figmental, told, unhistoric, unhistorical, unverifiable,

    Antonyms:

    factual, real, infamous, unimportant, true,

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    handed-down in English: handed-down
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