Traditor

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:53:02

Trad"i*tor (?), n. [L., fr. tradere, traditum. See Traitor.] Eccl. Hist.

A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives.

Milner.

 

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