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HANDED-DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does handed-down mean?
• HANDED-DOWN (adjective)
The adjective HANDED-DOWN has 1 sense:
1. having been passed along from generation to generation
Familiarity information: HANDED-DOWN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having been passed along from generation to generation
Synonyms:
handed-down; tralatitious
Context example:
among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor
Similar:
traditional (consisting of or derived from tradition)
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