traditionalist

Variant of traditionalism

traditionalism definition

tra·di·tion·al·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

  1. adherence to tradition; sometimes, specif., excessive attachment to tradition
  2. the doctrine, condemned by the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th cent., that the only valid religious belief is that handed down by tradition from an original divine revelation

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