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Same as Torpidness.

Torridness. [R.]

of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. "A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery." Blackstone.

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.

A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes.

An advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist.

In a traditional manner.

By tradition.

Traditional. The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations. Buckminster.

One who adheres to tradition.

Transmitted or transmissible from father to son, or from age, by oral communication; traditional. [R.] Jer. Taylor. Suppose we on things traditive divide. Dryden.

A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. Milner.

Trepidation. [R.]

A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine.

The quality or state of being tumid.

Turbidness.

The quality or state of being turgid.

Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.

Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.

To cause to be disbelieved; to discredit. [Obs.] Fuller.