Traditional \Tra*di"tion*al\, a. [Cf. F. traditionnel, LL. traditionalis.]

1. 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. Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned. [R.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)