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te or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion. And the truth With superstitions and traditions taint. Milton.

One addicted to superstition. [Obs.] "Blind superstitionists." Dr. H. More.

Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances.

Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon.

out proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly, adv.

A blackish lead-gray mineral, closely related to tetrahedrite. It is essentially a sulphide of arsenic and copper.

length of any business; fully; completely. [Obs.] Preservance alone can carry us thoroughstitch. L'Estrange.

A titmouse, esp. the blue titmouse. [Prov.eng.]

The crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

A Tractarian.

Treating of; handling. [R.]

A change, as in the use of words; a metaphor.

Passed along; handed down; transmitted. Among biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor. W. Withington.

, adv. In a tralatitious manner; metephorically. Holder.

Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite leaf.

In a tripartite manner.

division by threes, or into three parts; the taking of a third part of any number or quantity.

To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham.

Willemite.