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† translaˈtitious, a. Obs.
[f. L. translātīcius, -ītius traditional, customary, metaphorical, f. translāt-: see translate v. and -itious1. Cf. obs. F. translatice (Cotgr.).]
1. Characterized by being transmitted, transferred, or carried from one person or place to another.
1611Cotgr., Translatice, translaticious, translatiue; transposed, transferred. 1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Warres v. 138 Religion among Hereticks is not their own, but accidentall and translatitious. 1664Evelyn Sylva i. iv. §8, I have frequently doubted whether it [the Elm-tree] be a pure Indigene or Translatitious. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. vii, A delegated translatitious Majesty we allow, but that Majesty does chiefly and primarily reside in him, you can no more prove, than you can, that Power and Authority does.
2. Transferred in meaning; metaphorical; tralatitious.
1637J. Williams Holy Table 77 The translatitious and borrowed..appellation of that holy utensill. 1673O. Walker Educ. ii. i. 228 It appears sometimes under a Metaphor, or some other translatitious expression.
Hence † translaˈtitiously adv., traditionally, by custom derived from others.
1666J. Fraser Polichron. (S.H.S.) 2 Translatitiously both in England and Low Countries of Scotland, we, by an inveterat custome derived from thence, doe say as yet Anderson, Jameson, Watson, Williamson, etc. |