traditionaladj.n.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. i. 45 You are too sencelesse obstinate my Lo: Too ceremonious and traditionall...You breake not sanctuary in seazing him.

1644 J. Milton in tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce To Parl. sig. B3 A pervers age, eager in the reformation of names and ceremonies, but in realities as traditional and as ignorant as their forefathers.

1718 W. Wotton Misc. Disc. Scribes & Pharisees I. vi. 76 The unstable Reasonings of the Traditional Men [i.e. the Rabbanites].

1818 C. Phillips Recoll. Curran & Contemporaries 2 I began to make his character an absolute article in my creed, and to hold it in a kind of traditional reverence.

1860 App. Jrnls. Assembly 11th Session Calif. 59 If he be a simple rulesman, a stiff, mechanical, traditional agent, nothing of importance will be achieved.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xi. 446 Upper level individuals like to think that they have become..free of their former inhibitions, rational instead of traditional in their behavior, ready to experiment with anything.

1991 Mirabella June 35/2 Islamic zealots upbraided many female soldiers, reminding them that walking in the street with bare arms or uncovered hair offended traditional male Saudis.

2009 R. Lowry & K. Korman Banquo's Ghosts 341 He's picking me up here. He's very..traditional.

1872 Proc. Royal Colonial Inst. 1870–1 2 95 These natives..were allowed there again to group themselves under their old hereditary or traditional chiefs, who were made amenable to the English magistrates.

1917 Asia Dec. 771/2 Every religious community in India..preserves and administers, under English rule, its own traditional law.

1926 Geogr. Teacher 13 461 The famous Mandatory Clause of the Covenant..holds the key to the solution of the difficult African problem as a whole and embraces the entire field of the relations of the industrial Powers to ‘backward’ or traditional societies.

1966 Technol. & Culture 7 508 There are a great many illusions about tribal or traditional peoples.

1987 National Geographic Sept. 386/2 Neither the U.S. nor the Canadian government recognizes the traditional council.

2005 TNT Mag. 7 Mar. 40/1 Traditional leaders invited to Zimbabwe this week came back on Saturday, saying they were impressed with the outcome of the land reform programme.

1634 S. Birckbek Protestants Evid. xvi. 202 Your Trent additionals and Traditionals.

1679 L. Addison Life & Death Mahumed xvi. 84 The Traditionals of the Jews.

1870 Orchestra 16 Dec. 186/3 The old traditionals, such as ‘God rest you, merry gentlemen’.

1908 L. C. Hartley Spirit W. Whitman 21 Nor thankless he for inspirations drawn From lettered pages and traditionals.

1977 Time Out 17 June 69/3 (advt.) Wanted urgently—six boys and girls as performers of folklore traditionals.

1997 Independent on Sunday 27 Apr. (Real Life section) 10/1 His fabrics—traditionals like ticking, canvas and gingham—have understated class.

1656 H. Hammond Δευτεραι Φροντιδες 108 The Karaans or Scripturarians (as they are distinguished from, and opposed to the Traditionals).

1885 N.-Y. Times 6 June 3/3 The traditionals will have to flock together. This will be necessary in order to..[oppose] a tax to build roads.

1928 Manch. Guardian 1 Dec. 7/6 She..would never be content merely to accept and imitate the technique of those painters, whether French moderns or English traditionals, who have influenced her.

1990 M. Brave Bird & R. Erdoes Lakota Woman (1991) iv. 46 Some of the old traditionals [among the Sioux]..always pour a few drops out of their bottles and glasses..[and] sprinkle it on the floor..for the spirits of their departed drinking companions.

2013 Z. J. B. Plater Snail Darter & Dam ii. 49 Their official tribal council, made up of moderns, sent representatives to support the earlier litigation, and we've heard that some of the traditionals are deeply concerned.

1908 Wisconsin Jrnl. Educ. May 156/1 Our business makes us traditional-minded.

1961 N.Y. Times 13 Feb. 21/6 In a collection of wedding dresses underscored by careful good taste,..the traditional-minded young woman is given a handsome option.

2004 N. Kotler & P. Kotler in G. Anderson Reinventing Museum xv. 170 Traditional-minded museums..tend to focus on their collections and other resources.

1938 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 11 Dec. c3/7 (advt.) A traditional style chest with walnut veneers.

1973 R. P. Dore Brit. Factory, Japanese Factory xv. 412 In the shipyards, the traditional-style caulkers could be upgraded to handle the new imported techniques.

2004 BBC Good Food Oct. 94/2 This traditional-style enamelware tin transfers the heat perfectly during cooking to give the crispiest pastry.

1958 N.Y. Times 18 May l19/1 The Nganga, as the traditional healers are known among their peoples, are earning up to £150 ($420) a month.

1975 Times of India 8 June 6/1 The bulk of villagers rely on traditional healers to deal with their everyday complaints.

1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart 185 The classified sections of Soweto's newspapers carried ads in which ‘traditional healers’ or ‘herbalists’ offered to restore love to the lovelorn, seal homes against evil spirits, thwart the designs of enemies, and cure disease.

2010 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Dreams in Time of War 159 If she had depended on the hospital alone she would have died. But fortunately a traditional healer was able to penetrate the source of the evil straightaway.

1935 ‘D. Ellington’ in Jrnl. & Guide (Norfolk, Va.) 16 Mar. 9/3 Abroad, we gave concerts—two hours long. And it wasn't traditional jazz.

1955 Melody Maker 25 June 3/2 Trite and poisonous invective aimed directly at the modernists by ‘lovers’ of traditional jazz.

1980 J. Wainwright Man of Law i. 7 A mutual fanaticism for traditional jazz... The small-group combinations beloved of three decades ago.

1998 Big Issue 21 Sept. 14/1 '60s Music: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez for the tokers. Traditional jazz for the spods.

1957 N.Y. Times 16 Sept. 3/1 The group visited a hospital to get a glimpse of the differences between the Chinese traditional medicine and modern medicine.

1980 New Scientist 21 Aug. 576 A range of tonic drugs derived originally from far eastern traditional medicine, including ginseng, pantocrine and schizandra.

2003 I. Ferguson Village Small Houses iv. 63 Rat root..grows in swamps and sloughs and is the foundation for a lot of traditional medicine in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan.

1969 Canberra Times 19 Aug. 2/2 The hypocrisy of the Government and its Native Welfare Department in their alleged concern for the traditional owners' interest may be judged by press statements.

1986 Archaeology July 21/1 Rock paintings also occur in abundance at the base of the well-known Ayers Rock in the heart of Australia. The traditional owners of this huge monolith, the Pitjantjatjara people, refer to it as Uluru.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 July 11/2 Traditional owners from Ayr, Bowen and Proserpine have signed an historic agreement to protect indigenous culture and also the state's dugong and turtle populations.

1834 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 455 We may trace a traditionality, perhaps, in the style of representing Falstaff.

1841 T. Carlyle Let. 4 Aug. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: Life in London (1884) I. 220 In any country, all sunk crown deep in cant, twaddle, and hollow traditionality.

1987 T. S. Hamerow Refl. on Hist. & Historians v. 202 After about two decades of innovation, each [history] tended to rigidify into a traditionality or orthodoxy of its own.

2012 Times (Nexis) 7 June 42 Our society turned to traditionality, trying to discover Ukrainianness.